THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST 


SCIENTIST, IN BOSTON, MASS. 


1908 


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Manual of the Mother Church 


The First Church of Christ 
Scientist 


In Boston, Massachusetts 


By 
Mary Baker G. Eddy 


* Sixty-ninth Edition 


BOSTON, U.S.A. 
Published by Allison V. Stewart 


250 Huntincton AvENUE 


1908 


Copyright, 1895, 
By CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Boar 


Copyright, 1895, 1896, 1897, 189 


By JAmMres A. NEAL AND THomas 
x ' , 


Copyright, 1908, 1904, 1 
By Mary BAKER G. 


EXTRACT FROM A LETTER IN ‘MISCEL- 
LANEOUS WRITINGS” By Mary Baker G. Eddy 


= TIE Rules and By-Laws in the Manual 

A} of The First Church of Christ, Scien- 

tist, Boston, originated not in solemn 

conclave as in ancient Sanhedrim. 

They were not arbitrary opinions nor 

dictatorial demands, suchas one person might impose 

on another. They were impelled by a power not 

one’s own, were written at different dates, and as 

the occasion required. They sprang from necessity, 

the logic of events, —from the immediate demand 

for them as a help that must be supplied to maintain 

the dignity and defence of our cause; hence their 

simple, scientific basis, and detail so requisite to 

demonstrate genuine Christian Science, and which 

will do for the race what absolute doctrines destined 
for future generations might not accomplish. 


Table of Contents 


ENE ES! poate Srey aif ites care eres) lope tt 


Ap in OVEUTIC Auli eRe © Ele at ay (sah anineiie) ceaastOue 
Pi ie OheCHURCH) OFRICERS, | Ris camry rs 


Church By-Laws 


CHURCH OFFICERS. 


NAMES, ELECTION, AND DuTIEs, Art. I. 


INERINC Sar rr wage Sat. gore gusto hence MON peuuree ath ie 
President. .. oF ct Paghi ee Cg Si ee ee 
Clerk and aeustrer ee MURS abr aene oro aire ara 
HVEAC ETS wueaaes he cee east eee g 

Directors 


Publishing Buildings : 
No Trusteeships nor Syndicates 
Duties of Church Officers 


DuTIES OF CLERK. ART. IT. 


Reading Communications ie 
Understanding Communications . . .... . 

READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH. Ar’. III. 
LE CHON MaicRE metowiteuiee mic mat. oo err ci ellits) 
Eligibility 


First Reader’s RESiience 
DUTIES OF READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH 
AND OF ITs BRANCH CHURCHES. ArT. IV. 
Moral Obligations ; 
BirstiReaders: Dutieses ee (<0) erento te 


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Suitable Selections... =) 4) =) 1.) a) eae 
Order of, Reading). 55%) nena 
Naming Book and Author . . . .... « 
Readers in Branch Churches 
Enforcement of By-Laws. . . . . . « « 


EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 
TITLE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND NUMBER. ART. V. 


Title fcc. a ee pana 
Qualifications. . . » 2) ao. (se 
Number oe fe ee ce Se) na 
Residence: «0. % 0 +) + «\ 9 5 


TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AND ELECTION. ArT. VI. 
Church Business. ' 5. « ° 2. . Se 
Nomination and Election ~~ <= <>) eememnnee 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. 


QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. ART. VIL 
Believe in Christian Science ... .. =. = = 
Free from Other Denominations . . . .«- © » 
Children when Twelve Years Old ....-=: «© 


APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. ART. VIII. 
Students of the College. 2 =) 5 -euuemeee 
Other Students... . 2°. 92) 3 Soe 
Students’ Pupils. 3 0% =, 6 5]: 
Exceptional Cases . ..: «5 « = « auenuenamea 
Addressed to Clerk... = =. =. «ssn 
Notice of Rejection . : fore 

RECOMMENDATION AND ELECTION. ART. IX. 
Pupils of Normal Students. . . .- ». « « = « 
Members of The Mother Church . . . . « « « 
Election. «9s © © 0, « ‘© © 6 )vem tujiianiscane 


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DUTIES OF MEMBERS. ART. X. 


RernCapitagl axaes oni el ei taien <! s 
Church Periodicals. . . 
Dntytopbaiients sie ratl ers. ce st laf is 
Stewardship ... . 


PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP. ART. XI. 


Members who once Withdrew ... 
Members once Dismissed .... . 
Ineligible for Probation . . . .. . 
Dirtyt0; GOdi ewe. sauieinied sr tetteaiie! 6 


MEETINGS. 


REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. ART. XII. 


Annual Meetings . 

Meetings of Board of Diceetors 

Annual Meetings of Executive Members 
Special Meetings . . 

Called only by Clerk . 


CHURCH SERVICES. 


THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Pastor. ART. 
Ordination ice 
The Lesson- Seaton fe ys Suet es 


READING IN PuBLic. ART. XIV. 


Announcing Author’s Name ... . 


WELCOMING STRANGERS. ART. XV. 


The Leader’s Welcome 
The Local Members’ W Seoak 


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SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED. ART. XVI. 
Continued Throughout the Year . 
Easter Observances .. . 


GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS. 


ArT. XVII. 
Church Edifice a Testimonial . 
Financial Situation. . sss a seeenee 
Reportiof Directors) yess enn 
Finance Committee 
God’s Requirement. . . 5 
Provision forthe Future. .... 
Debt and Duty 
Emergencies: -..4. > . 
Committee on Business . . . s+ 


TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. 
TEACHERS. Arr. XVIII. 

Motive "ins leaching) ¥en 
Care of Pupils : 
Defense against Mal peanee Efe t, 
Numberiof Pupilss iy 2) lke 
Pupil’s Tuition 
Associations ; 
A Single Field of Laker 0 
Change of Location : 
Caring for Pupils of Giraied Mieckabene 
Teachers must have Certificates . . - 


Pupiyts, ART. XIX. 


Authorized to Teach 
Without Teachers 
Basis for Teaching . 
The Sunday School . 
Teaching the Children 
Subject for Lessons . 


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GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS. Arr. XX. 


A Rule for Motives and Acts . 

To Be Readin Church ... . 

Christ Jesus the Ensample . 

Daily Prayer : 

Braver ini@ hunch ry yo i) yi) oes 
Alertness to Duty 

One Christ . ahah roy a 

ING} Mialpracticel me) myer)» lel ts 

Charity to All 

Obedience Required 

A Member not a Leader . 

Teasomim@nAS 5 6 9 4 4 io 18s 
Wisevorulnitralses CoSs iat et we) clues 

The Promotion of Peace ear istis Coeheds Mate 


DISCIPLINE. 
Complaints. ART. XXI. 


Preliminanys Ne quirements isltemieius ts) hens 


Authority c eno Mode 
Members in Mother ‘Church Only Beco ab ns 
Removal of Cards .. . nigtoen ae arteeay we 
Members of Branch Gictes Pi Poe eats 


RELATION OF MEMBERS TO PASTOR EMERITUS. 


ArT. XXII. 


The Title of Mother Changed . . . .. 
Working Against the Cause ...... 


NovUnehnistian Conducts, <).) 2) cei: ale 
INottope canny Ey pnotismlr vic ly elite 
Reading and Attesting Letters .... . 
UnanthonizedgReports jie yy elie 
Interpreting Communications . .... . 


Unauthorized Legal Action. . . .... 


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No Adulterating Christian Science . . . 
Opportunity for Serving the Leader. . . . 


Publications Unjust . 


READERS. ART. XXIII. 
In The Mother Church . 
A Reader not a Leader 


EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. ART. 


Honesty Requisite . 
Disobedience Dealt With 


TEACHERS. ART. XXV. 
Probation shel tare 
WEacwine A Noe 

MEMBERS. Arr. XXVI. 
Departure from Tenets . . 


Violation of By-Laws . . 
illegal Adoption 


Violation of Christian Fellowship 


Formulas Forbidden 
Forbidden Membership 
Officious Members A 
Uncharitable Publications . 
Legal Titles . - 
Practitioners and Patients ‘ 
No Incorrect Literature 
Endorsing Applications 
Privilege of Members 


Church Organizations Ample. . .... . 


The Golden Rule . . 
Private Communications 


The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist Tenets 


Music IN THE CHURCH. ART. XXVII. 


Soloist and Organist . 


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THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH 
CHURCHES. Art. XXVIII. 
Hocaliseli-Govermmentirs, jars Ys - e- etbeaeere? Meno 77. 
itles: ive!) arene ssc Ratt 6: Vha IEAM MME See 77, 
Mother Chareti Oia BY ag i. -/ "airs La eRe TO 
denets Gopynighted e.g.) skis, ae 78 
Nol Executive Members) (3). (si 110, due) & cle oe 7S 
Manual3 . “ Siete eta o aioe <ey ake) © ale one ang. 
Organizing Churches cigeh Soepe a anhis At - 79 
Requirements for Organizing Branch Churches sere ste) 
Communion of Branch Churches. . . . 80 
NoiGloserCGommuniony pee.) «isr,e =) « « <=. *-SO 
No Duplicate Membership Oe RO ga irene goeneta) 
No Impromptu Meetings . . 2. «8 « » « «= 80 
Bayinsai@orer stones) =) ie.) «je = =) «+ OF 
Ou Churchwbh dices mreteceo cys) sn 6 sr bard oO 
Church Membership . 5 hr 
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SO- 
CIE DY) vART: XOX DX: 
BoandroiMlructeesmy-m.-nils ae pauls. tN etl =) tomes PO 
MisposaliorsbiinGs ts «mega oor) bsp cech eal aa Oe 
Waecancies in iinusteeship). acs, «a ie ws 8 82 
Widitorsiand Managers. <n. i) vols) ket pathst «cat ce 83 
Suitable Employees -. . .... + + «= » «= 83 
HACHIOU GALS sepia cheer esis irs! © *) Js)" sins: ses (a) 0) ec OR 
Ral erofi GOnGucty he-0 ce) ue ey or Gwe cee ol OM) 
Books)tosbeyPablished) 9%) %.. (ste. sas eh eee SA) 
@bnoxiouseBoOoksS: ys /. Ge iso! io! fe ye) ent lls ta SH 
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
ORGANIZATION. ART. XXX. 
OUR Is EG 6 SSsioeomernD= Cra Qn OmcOlts 


Ie A. Soh SING OO NEE we ID om an OO 


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President not to be Consulted. . . . . . » « 85 
Presidency of College . « «= jn (sien 

APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES. ART. XXXI. 

Normal Teachers 2 . : < © 3 ©) piueuenenmennenS 
Qualifications... 2... 0+ 5 | Seeye STS 
Certificates’ 20 0. 0s ken 2 oe 
ACTION OF THE BoaRp. ArT. XXXII. 
Sessions. . oe eee ee 
Special Etruchon + 8 8 oe mie) tn a 
Signatures. . . oo) aa tele Sgn 
Remuneration and Free Scholiveken oa te tele eas 
Surplus Funds 2,2 <<. 5 «9. «| :seenDeanes 
Primary Students .. . . 6 te (CS ees 
Healing Better than Teaching: > 5S ee koe 
Not Members of The Mother Church . . - + + 89 
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS. 

ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION. ART. XXXIII. 
Qualification of Members . . . . + +» « « = 90 
Meetings . s. 6 = 0) so) a! gee 
Organization Required ... . ° + OL 
Uniformity in Teaching and Practice "Requigal ~ = OF 
Conduct*of Members ~ . <5 (S> eerea 
Admission of Members . . . . - - « « «= + Q2 

BOARD OF LECTURESHIP. 

ORGANIZATION AND DuTiEs. ART, XXXIV. 
Election. . . se 8 oe 3 eS Oe een 
Duty of iectiees Sept o 02 ate OR 
No Disruption of Branch Ghercees «6 5 6 Romeeinngs 


Receptions. . « s 0) s =: © =) «== 


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CALLS FOR LecrureEsS. ART. XXXV. 
BL OMULLE HID re CLOLSH pew a teuere eras! ite tenet we) 104: 
BromibranchyChurGhesi jams)... lee ede eee. 
ISHOV MIMS OENSUEE, Me) chao Wer so Aneesh arog 
ASDC IVECO Go: o) oo cStea OO ie LOR 
No Lectures by Readers. . . ev hg on eiae Nee OS 
No Wednesday Evening cages Si aes eee EOS 


IE SCEULE HCOM) ot Mati teaNe mi catee Maas ers es erase ROS 
IEIXDENSES| ME ot \'s cl Saree amen aoe) See OS 
ipxceptionaliCasesie sis = uence em ciete ote; is ot. siete OS 


MISSIONARIES. Arr. XXXVI. 


BUCCHONE Gram Eee tc eevee re ae tees) AG 

: 9 
Campensalonwanere epee cat arem finteale Mele hte 96 
ISI 0S paula 5. cee ee Meee ae ee an mr 96 


COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. Arr. XXXVII. 


Inge WlothersG hurch.) <a: wee ep) step ena Miela cae KOT. 
IDES Ns AU Vodnhesais hee Leek sue ecm ishhiar OT, 
In Branch Ghavches: 5: JE WeCRE gO ho oS cabo tnrcH ete DEK] 
PATIPOUMEMEN Ms ewes) vetete dl is stoke. Wie a) ele) GO 
Removal-tromsOnice:..) poy, ey =| <li (eth os) 6 OO 
GASeVOLPNECESSItVame uci ot fs) oss te eee el = LOO 


READING ROOMS. Art. XXXVIII. 
Dae lelnsymisin? a BT GP ola sh GL Se neequso Gian 
Librarian . . Pear ech eel ys) Ee) sy ee eelOn 
Mrs. Eddy’s Roane Speed sau cunciae Mowe (ple mNe TOE 
MARRIAGE AND DECEASE. Arr, XXXIX. 
AS WevaliGeremOny. win. ere) er 6) wey le) =) fans LOZ 
Sudden Deceaseumeye er sas: 0 me a fw ail w yee en LOZ 
DEBATING IN PUBLIC. Art. XL. 
No Unauthorized Debating ..... =. «- » 102 


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CHURCH-BUILDING. Arr XLI. 
Building Committee . . . 4). 0) eee 


Designation of Deeds. .°. <=) :uueuienEmnE 

The Mother Church Building seen 
CHURCH MANUAL. Art. XLII. 

For the Mother’Church Only, | 2) 2h 

Fifty-seventh Edition the Authority 

Amendment of By-Laws 

Appendix 

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING APPLICATIONS FOR 

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP . . . ¢:  < 9.5 )sene 
PRESENT ORDER OF SERVICES IN THE MOTHER 

CHURCH «..¢e. se) 0 “Sa far 8) eh cl 
DEEDSO “RUST are ane 6 bene 


DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES . . 


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103 
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104 
104 


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118 
125 


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Tenets 


of Che Mother Church 
Che First Church of Christ, Scientist. 


To be signed by those untting with The First 
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. 


1. As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired 
Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal 
Life. 


2. We acknowledge and adore one supreme and 
infinite God. We acknowledge His Son, one Christ ; 
the Holy Ghost or divine Comforter; and man in 
God’s image and likeness. 


3. We acknowledge God’s forgiveness of sin in 
the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding 
that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is 
punished so long as the belief lasts. 


4. We acknowledge Jesus’ atonement as the evi- 
dence of divine, efficacious Love, unfolding man’s 
unity with God through Christ Jesus the Wayshower ; 

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and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, 
through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the 
Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming 
sin and death. 


5. We acknowledge that the crucifixion of Jesus 
and his resurrection served to uplift faith to under- 
stand eternal Life, even the allness of Soul, Spirit, and 
the nothingness of matter. 

6. And we solemnly promise to watch,and pray 
for that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ 
Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do 
unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure. 

Mary Baker G. Eppy. 


historical Sketch. 


N the spring of 1879, a little band of earnest 

seekers after Truth, went into deliberations over 
forming a church without creeds, to be called the 
“CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.”” They were mem- 
bers of evangelical churches, and students of Mrs, 
Mary Baker G. Eddy, in Christian Science, and were 
known as “ Christian Scientists.” 

At a meeting of the Christian Scientist Association, 
April 19, 1879, on motion of Mrs. Eddy, it was 
voted, — To organize a church designed to com- 
memorate the word and works of our Master, which 
should reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost 
element of healing. 

Mrs. Eddy was appointed on the committee to 
draft the Tenets of the Mother Church — the chief 
cornerstone whereof is, that Christian Science, as 
taught and demonstrated by our Master, casts out 
error, heals the sick and restores the lost Israel: 

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for “the stone which the builders rejected, the same 
is become the head of the corner.” 

The charter for the Church was obtained June, 
1879, and the same month the members, twenty-six 
in number, extended a call to Mary Baker G. Eddy 
to become their pastor. She accepted the call, 
and was ordained a. D. 1881. Although walking 
through deep waters, the little Church went steadily 
on, increasing in numbers, and at every epoch 
saying, 

«Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” 

On the twenty-third day of September, 1892, at 
the request of Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, twelve 
of her students and church members met and re- 
organized, under her jurisdiction, the Christian 
Science Church and named it, THE First CHuRcH 
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. 

At this meeting twenty others of Mrs. Eddy’s 
students and members of her former Church were 
elected members of this Church, — those with others 
that have since been elected were known as “ First 
Members.” The Church Tenets, Rules, and By- 
Laws, as prepared by Mrs. Eddy, were adopted. A 
By-Law adopted March 17, 1903, changed the 
title of First Members” to “ Executive Members.” 
(See Article V, Section 1.) 


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THE First CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, IN 
Boston, Mass., is designed to be built on the rock, 
Christ ; even the understanding and demonstration 
of divine Truth, Life, and Love, healing and saving 
the world from sin, and death ; —thus to reflect in 
some degree the Church Universal and Triumphant. 


Church Officers. 


Rev. MARY BAKER G. EDDY 
Pastor Emeritus 


IRA O. KNAPP 


WILLIAM B. JOHNSON | Sia : 
STEPHEN A. CHASE Christian Science Board 
| of Directors 


ARCHIBALD McLELLAN 
ALLISON V. STEWART 


EUGENE H. GREENE, C.S.D. 
President 


WILLIAM D. McCRACKAN, M.A., C.S.B. 
First Reader 
Conducts services and reads from the Christian Science textbook, 
“SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE 
SCRIPTURES” 
By Mary Baker G. Eddy 


Mrs. LAURA CAREY CONANT 
Second Reader 
Reads from the SCRIPTURES 


WILLIAM B. JOHNSON, C.S.D. 
Clerk, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Falmouth, Norway, 
and St. Paul Streets, Boston, Mass. 
STEPHEN A. CHASE 
Treasurer, Box 56, Fall River, Mass. 
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Church By=Laws. 


CHURCH OFFICERS. 


ARTICLE I, 
NAMES, ELECTION, AND DUTIES. 


Names. Section 1. The Church officers 
shall consist of a President, a Clerk, a Treas- 
urer, and two Readers. 

President. Sect. 2. The President shall be 
elected, subject to the approval of the Pastor 
Emeritus, by the Board of Directorst on Mon- 
day preceding the annual meeting of the Church. 
The President shall hold office for one year, and 
the same person is eligible for election but once 
in three years. 

Clerk and Treasurer. Sect. 3. The term of 
office for the Clerk and the Treasurer of this 
Church (also for the editors and the manager 


1 See under “ Deed of Trust”? for incorporation of the “ Christian 
Science Board of Directors.’’ 


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of The Christian Science Publishing Society, and 
the manager of the general Committee on Pub- 
lication in Boston) is one year each, dating 
from the time of election to office. Incumbents, 
who have served one year or more, may be re- 
elected, or new officers elected, at the annual 
meeting held for this purpose, by a unanimous 
vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
tors and the consent of the Pastor Emeritus 
given in her own handwriting. 

Readers. Sect. 4. Every third year new 
Readers shall be elected for The Mother Church 
by the Board of Directors, which shall inform 
the Pastor Emeritus of the names of its candi- 
dates before they are elected, and if she ob- 
jects, said candidates shall not be chosen. 
The Directors shall fix the salaries of the 
Readers. 

Directors. Sect. 5. The Christian Science 
Board of Directors shall consist of five members; 
They shall fill a vacancy occurring on that Board 
after the candidate is approved by the Pastor 
Emeritus. A majority vote or the request of 
Mrs. Eddy shall dismiss a member. Members 
shall neither report the discussions of this Board, 
nor those with Mrs. Eddy. 


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Publishing Buildings. Srcr. 6. It shall be 
the duty of the Christian Science Board of Di- 
rectors to provide a suitable building for the 
publication of The Christian Science Journal, 
Christian Science Sentinel, Der Herold der 
Christian Science, and all other Christian Sci- 
ence literature published by The Christian Science 
Publishing Society. It shall also be the duty 
of the Christian Science Board of Directors to 
provide suitable rooms, conveniently and pleas- 
antly located in the same building, for the pub- 
lication and sale of the books of which Mary 
Baker G. Eddy is, or may be, the author, and 
of other literature connected therewith. 

No Trusteeships nor Syndicates. Sect. 7. 
No Boards of Trustees nor Syndicates shall 
ever be formed by, or between, the members 
of this Church, or shall exist in The Mother 
Church, except the Trusteeships be constituted 
by the Pastor Emeritus. 

Duties of Church Officers. Sect. 8. Law 
constitutes government, and disobedience to the 
laws of The Mother Church must ultimate in 
annulling its Tenets and By-Laws. Without a 
proper system of government and form of ac- 
tion, nations, individuals, and religion are un- 


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protected; hence the necessity of this By-Law 
and the warning of Holy Writ: “That servant, 
which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not 
himself, neither did according to his will, shall 
be beaten with many stripes.” 

It is the duty of the Christian Science Board of 
Directors to watch and make sure that the offi- 
cers of this Church perform the functions of 
their several offices promptly and well. If an 
officer fails to fulfil all the obligations of his 
office, the Board of Directors shall immediately 
call a meeting and notify this officer either to 
resign his place or to perform his office faith- 
fully; then failing to do either, said officer shall 
be dismissed from this Church, and his dismis- 
sal shall be written on the Church records. 

It is the duty of any member of this Church, 
and especially of one who has been or who is 
the First Reader of a church, to inform the 
Board of Directors of the failure of the Com- 
mittee on Publication or of any other officer in 
this Church to perform his official duties. A 
Director shall not make known the name of the 
complainant. 

If the Christian Science Board of Directors 
fails to fulfil the requirements of this By-Law, 


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and a member of this Church or the Pastor 
Emeritus shall complain thereof to the Clerk and 
the complaint be found valid, the Directors shall 
resign their office or perform their functions 
faithfully. Failing to do thus, the Clerk of this 
Church shall call a meeting of the Executive 
. Members, and their two-thirds vote, with the 
consent of the Pastor Emeritus, shall elect five 
suitable members of this Church to fill the va- 
cancy. The salary of the members of the Board 
of Directors shall be at present one thousand 
dollars each annually. 


ARTICLE II. 
DUTIES OF CLERK. 


Reading Communications. SEcTion 1. When 
the Pastor Emeritus sends a letter or message to 
the Clerk of The Mother Church to be read at a 
meeting of the Executive Members, it shall be 
his imperative duty to read said communication 
at the place and time specified. 

Understanding Communications. Sect. 2. 
If the Clerk of this Church shall receive a com- 
munication from the Pastor Emeritus which he 
does not fully understand, he shall inform her 
of this fact before presenting it to the Church 


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and obtain a clear understanding of the matter, 
—then act in accordance therewith. 


Articce III. 


READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH, 


Election. Section 1. The Readers for The 
Mother Church shall be a man and a woman, 
one to read the BrBie, and one to read SCIENCE 
AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. 

Eligibility. Sect. 2. The Directors shall 
select intelligible Readers who are exemplary 
Christians and good English scholars. They 
must be members of this denomination and 
Executive Members of this Church. 

First Reader’s Residence. Sect. 3. Unless 
Mrs. Eddy requests otherwise, the First Reader 
of The Mother Church shall occupy, during his 
term of Readership, the house of the Pastor 
Emeritus, No. 385 Commonwealth Avenue, Bos- 
ton. The Board of Directors shall pay from 
the Church funds the taxes and rent on this 
property; the Board shall attend to the insur- 
ance before it expires, suitably furnish the 
house, and keep the property in good repair so 
long as Mrs. Eddy does not occupy the house 


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herself and the occupants are satisfactory to 
her. 


ARTICLE IV. 


DUTIES OF READERS OF THE MOTHER CHURCH 
AND OF ITS BRANCH CHURCHES. 


Moral Obligations. Section 1. The Readers 
of The Mother Church and of all its branch 
churches must devote a suitable portion of their 
time to preparation for the reading of the Sunday 
lesson, —a lesson on which the prosperity of 
Christian Science largely depends. They must 
keep themselves unspotted from the world, — 
uncontaminated with evil, —that the mental at- 
mosphere they exhale shall promote health and 
holiness, even that spiritual animus so universally 
needed. 

First Readers’ Duties. Sect. 2. It shall be 
the duty of the First Readers to conduct the 
principal part of the Sunday services, and the 
Wednesday evening meetings. 

Suitable Selections. Sect. 3. The First 
Readers shall read, as a part of the Wednesday 
evening services, selections from the ScrIPTURES, 
and from ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH Key TO 
THE SCRIPTURES. 

Order of Reading. Sect. 4. The First Read- 
ers in the Christian Science churches shall read 


32 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


the correlative texts in ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
witH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES; and the Second 
Readers shall read the Bree texts. The readings 
from the Scriptures shall precede the readings 
from ScIENCE AND HEeattH. The Readers shall 
not read from copies or manuscripts, but from 
the books. 

Naming Book and Author. Secr. 5. The 
Readers of SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO 
THE SCRIPTURES, before commencing to read 
from this book, shall distinctly announce the full 
title of the book and give the author’s name. 
Such announcement shall be made but once 
during the lesson. 

Readers in Branch Churches. Sect. 6. 
These Readers shall be members of The Mother 
Church. They shall read understandingly and 
be well educated. They shall make no remarks 
explanatory of the Lesson-SERMON at any time, 
but they shall read all notices and remarks that 
may be printed in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUAR- 
TERLY. This By-Law applies to Readers in all 
the branch churches. 

Enforcement of By-Laws. Sect. 7. It shall 
be the duty of every member of The Mother 
Church, who is a First Reader in a Church of 
Christ, Scientist, to enforce the discipline and 
by-laws of the church over which he presides. 


EXECUTIVE MEMBERS 33 


EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 


ARTICLE V. 
TITLE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND NUMBER. 


Title. Section 1. The members, known as 
First Members prior to March 17, 1903, from 
and after that date shall bear the title and be 
known as Executive Members of The First 
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. 

Qualifications. Sect. 2. The Executive 
Members of this Church «shall be persons who 
have proven themselves, in successive years, 
strict adherents to the doctrines and practice in- 
culcated and set forth in ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
witH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES. 

Number. Sect. 3. If the Executive Mem- 
bers become less than fifty in number, they shall 
regain this number. Their number shall not ex- 
ceed one hundred. 

Residence. Sect. 4. The Executive Mem- 
bers, who are residents of the United States, 
shall live within five hundred miles of Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

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34 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


ARTICLE VI. 


TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AND ELECTION. 


Church Business. Section 1. The business 
of The Mother Church shall be transacted by 
its Christian Science Board of Directors. The 
manager of the general Committee on Publication 
in the United States shall order no special ac- 
tion to be taken by said Committee that is not 
named in the Manual of this Church without 
consulting with the full Board of Directors of 
The Mother Church and receiving the written 
consent of said Board. 

The Executive Members of this Church shall 
continue to convene annually at the Com- 
munion season, but they shall not be pres- 
ent at the business meetings of the Board of . 
Directors. 

Nomination and Election. Sect. 2. Mem- 
bers of this Church become Executive Mem- 
bers after being nominated in writing by -the 
Pastor Emeritus and unanimously elected by the 
Christian Science Board of Directors. 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 35 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. 


——— 


ARTICLE VII, 
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 


Believe in Christian Science. SEcTION I. 
To become a member of The Mother Church, 
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos- 
ton, Mass., the applicant must be a believer in 
the doctrines of Christian Science, according to 
the platform and teaching contained in the Chris- 
tian Science textbook, ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
WiTH Key TO THE ScRIPTURES, by Rev. Mary 
Baker G. Eddy. The Brpte, together with 
ScIENCE AND HEALTH and other works by Mrs. 
Eddy, shall be his only textbooks for self-in- 
struction in Christian Science, and for teaching 
and practising metaphysical healing, 

Free from Other Denominations. Sect. 2. 
This Church will receive a member of another 
Church of Christ, Scientist, but not a church- 
member from a different denomination until 
that membership is dissolved. 


36 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


Children when Twelve Years Old. Sect. 3. 
Children, who have arrived at the age of twelve 
years, who are approved and whose applications 
are countersigned by one of Mrs. Eddy’s loyal 
students, by an Executive Member, a Director, 
or by a student of the Board of Education, may 
be admitted to membership with The Mother 
Church. 


ArticLe VIII. 


APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 


Students of the College. Section 1. Appli- 
cations for membership with The Mother Church 
from students of the Massachusetts Metaphysical 
College, who studied with Rev. Mary Baker G. 
Eddy, shall be signed by the Christian Science 
Board of Directors as evidence of the loyalty of 
the applicants. 

Other Students. Sect. 2. Applicants for 
membership, who have not studied Christian Sci- 
ence with Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, can unite 
with this Church only by approval from students 
of Mrs. Eddy, loyal to the teachings of the text- 
book, ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE 
ScrIpTURES, or from members of The Mother 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 37 


Church, as provided in Article IX, Sect. 2, of 
these By-Laws. 

Students’ Pupils. Sect. 3. Applications for 
membership with The Mother Church, coming 
from pupils of loyal students who have taken 
the Primary or Normal Course at the Massa- 
chusetts Metaphysical College or in the Board 
of Education, or from pupils of those who have 
passed an examination by the Board of Educa- 
tion, shall have the approval and signature of 
their teachers, except in such cases as are pro- 
vided for in Article VIII, Sect. 4. 

Exceptional Cases. Secr. 4. Loyal Chris- 
tian Scientists whose teachers are deceased, ab- 
sent, or disloyal, —or those whose teachers, for 
insufficient cause, refuse to indorse their appli- 
cations for membership with The Mother Church, 
—can apply to the Clerk of this Church, and 
present to him a recommendation signed by three 
members thereof in good standing, after which, 
the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors 
may admit said applicant to membership. 

Addressed to Clerk. Sect. 5. All applica- 
tions for membership must be addressed to the 
Clerk of the Church. 

Notice of Rejection. Sect. 6. If an applica- 


38 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


tion for membership with The First Church of 
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., is rejected, the 
Clerk of the Church shall send to the applicant a 
notice of such rejection; but neither the Clerk 
nor the Church shall be obliged to report the 
cause for rejection. 


ARTICLE IX, 


RECOMMENDATION AND ELECTION. 


Pupils of Normal Students. SecTION I. 
One Normal student cannot recommend the pupil 
of another Normal student, so long as both are 
loyal to their Leader and to the Christian Science 
textbook, except as provided for in Article VIII, 
Sect. 4. 

Members of The Mother Church. Sect. 2. 
Only members of The Mother Church are quali- 
fied to approve for membership individuals who 
are known to them to be Christians, and faith- 
ful, loyal students of the textbook, ScIENCE AND 
HEALTH WITH Key TO THE Scriptures. If the 
approver is not a loyal student of Mrs. Eddy, a 
Director of this Church, an Executive Member, 
or a student of the Board of Education who holds 
a degree, the application must be countersigned 
by one of these. 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 39 


Election. Sect. 3. Applicants for member- 
ship in this Church, whose applications are 
correctly prepared, may be elected by majority 
vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
tors at the semi-annual meetings held for this 
purpose. 


ARTICLE X. 
DUTIES OF MEMBERS. 


Per Capita Tax. Section 1. Every member 
of The Mother Church shall pay annually a per 
capita tax of not less than one dollar, which shall 
be forwarded each year to the Church Treasurer. 

Church Periodicals. Sect. 2. It shall be the 
privilege and duty of every: member, who can 
afford it, to subscribe for the periodicals which 
are the organs of this Church; and it shall be 
the duty of the Directors to see that these period- 
icals are ably edited and kept abreast of the 
times. 

Duty to Patients. Sect. 3. If a member of 
this Church has a patient whom he does not heal, 
and whose case he cannot fully diagnose, he 
may consult with an M.D. on the anatomy in- 
volved. And it shall be the privilege of a Chris- 


40 CHURCH BY-LAWS 
tian Scientist to confer with an M.D. on Ontol- 
ogy, or the Science of being. 

Stewardship. Sect. 4. The individual in 
charge of Mrs. Eddy’s Room in The Mother 
Church must be a member of this Church, and 
if called for, it shall be her duty to go to Mrs. 
Eddy’s home and remain so long as the latter 
shall desire it. Mrs. Eddy shall pay this mem- 
ber the same sum and on the same conditions 
named in By-law Article XXII, Sect. 10, “ Op- 
portunity for Serving the Leader.” Breaking 
this By-law shall excommunicate a member from 
this Church. 


ARTICLE XI. 
PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP. 


Members who once Withdrew. SEcTION I. 
Individuals, who have heretofore been members 
of this Church, or were members of the Church 
of Christ, Scientist, organized in 1879 by Mary 
Baker G. Eddy, but who have voluntarily with- 
drawn, may be received into this Church on one 
year’s probation, provided they are willing and 
anxious to live according to its requirements and 


CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AI 


make application for membership according to 
its By-Laws. If, at the expiration of said one 
year, they are found worthy, they shall be re- 
ceived into full membership, but if not found 
worthy their applications shall be void. 

Members once Dismissed. Sect. 2. A full 
member or a probationary member, who has 
been excommunicated once, and who afterward, 
when sufficient time has elapsed thoroughly to 
test his sincerity, gives due evidence of having 
genuinely repented and of being radically re- 
formed, shall be eligible to probationary mem- 
bership upon a unanimous vote of the Christian 
Science Board of Directors. 

Ineligible for Probation. Sercr. 3. If a 
member has been twice notified of his excom- 
munication, he shall not again be received into 
this Church. 

Duty to God. Sect. 4. Members of this 
Church, who turn their attention from the 
divine Principle of being to personality, sending 
gifts, congratulatory dispatches or letters to the 
Pastor Emeritus on Thanksgiving, Christmas, 
New Year, or Easter, break a rule of this Church 
and are amenable therefor. 


42 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


MEETINGS. 


ARTICLE XII. 
REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 


Annual Meetings. Section 1. The regular 
meetings of The Mother Church shall be held 
annually, on the Tuesday following the Com- 
munion Sunday in June of each year. These 
assemblies shall be for the purpose of listening 
to the reports of Treasurer, Clerk, and Commit- 
tees, and general reports from the Field. 

Meetings of Board of Directors. Sect. 2. 
The annual meeting of the Christian Science 
Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing 
officers and other business, shall be held on 
Monday preceding the annual meeting of the 
Church. Regular meetings for the purpose of 
electing candidates to membership with The 
Mother Church, and for the transaction of such 
other business as may properly come before these 
meetings, shall be held on the Tuesday preced- 
ing the Communion Sunday in June, and on the 
first Tuesday in November of each year. Special 
meetings may be held at any time upon the call 
of the Clerk. 


MEETINGS 43 


Annual Meetings of Executive Members. 
Sect. 3. The regular meetings of the Execu- 
tive Members shall be held annually in June, 
on the Saturday preceding the Communion 
Sunday. 

Special Meetings. Sect. 4. Special meet- 
ings of the Executive Members shall be called 
by the Clerk, upon a request from the Pastor 
Emeritus. For this purpose he is authorized 
to use the mail service, also the telegraph and 
telephone if necessary. 

Called only by Clerk. Sect. 5. A member 
of The Mother Church, who is not the Clerk 
thereof, shall not appoint a meeting of the Ex- 
ecutive Members. Only the Clerk appoints said 
meetings in accordance with the By-Laws of 
this Church. Before calling a meeting of the 
members of this Church (excepting its regular 
sessions), it shall be the duty of the Clerk to 
inform the Board of Directors and the Pastor 
Emeritus of his intention, and to state definitely 
the purpose for which the members are to con- 
vene. The Clerk must have the consent of this 
Board and the Pastor Emeritus, before he can 
call said meeting. 


44 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


CHURCH SERVICES, 


ARTICLE XIII. 
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PASTOR. 


Ordination. Section 1. I, Mary Baker G. 
Eddy, ordain the BrsLte, and SCIENCE AND 
HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, Pastor 
over The Mother Church,— The First Church 
of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., —and 
they will continue to preach for this Church 
and the world. 

The Lesson-Sermon. Sect. 2. The subject 
of the Lesson-Sermon in the morning service of 
The Mother Church, and of the branch Churches 
of Christ, Scientist, shall be repeated at the other 
services on Sunday. The correlative Biblical 
texts in the Lesson-Sermon shall extend from 
Genesis to Revelation. 


CHURCH SERVICES 45 


ARTICLE XIV. 
READING IN PUBLIC, 


Announcing Author's Name. SEcTION I. 
To pour into the ears of listeners the sacred 
revelations of Christian Science indiscrimi- 
nately, or without characterizing their origin 
and thus distinguishing them from the writ- 
ings of authors who think at random on this 
subject, is to lose some weight in the scale of 
right thinking. Therefore it is the duty of every 
member of this Church, when publicly reading or 
quoting from the books or poems of our Pastor 
Emeritus, first to announce the name of the 
author. Members shall also instruct their pupils 
to adopt the aforenamed EEL for the benefit 
of our Cause. 


ARTICLE XV. 
WELCOMING STRANGERS. 


The Leader’s Welcome. Section 1. Mrs. 
Eddy welcomes to her seats in the Church, 
persons of all sects and denominations, who 
come to listen to the Sunday sermon and are 
not otherwise provided with seats. 


46 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


The Local Members’ Welcome. Sect. 2. It 
shall be the duty and privilege of the local mem- 
bers of The Mother Church to give their seats, if 
necessary, to strangers who may come to attend 
the morning services. 


ARTICLE XVI. 
SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED, 


Continued Throughout the Year. SrEcTIon 
1. The services of The Mother Church shall be 
continued twelve months each year. One meet- 
ing on Sunday during the months of July and 
August is sufficient. A Christian Scientist is 
not fatigued by prayer, by reading the Scriptures 
or the Christian Science textbook. Amusement 
or idleness is weariness. Truth and Love rest 
the weary and heavy laden. 

Easter Observances. Sect. 2. In the United 
States there shall be no special observances, 
festivities, nor gifts at the Easter season by 
members of The Mother Church. Gratitude 
and love should abide in every heart each 
day of all the years. Those sacred words of 
our beloved Master, “ Let the dead bury their 
dead,” and “ Follow thou me,” appeal to daily 
Christian endeavors for the living whereby to 
exemplify our risen Lord. 


GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 47 


GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS. 


ARTICLE XVII. 


Church Edifice a Testimonial. SercTIon 1. 
Whereas, on March 20, 1895, the Christian 
Science Board of Directors, in behalf of The 
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, 
Mass., presented to Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy 
their church edifice as a Testimonial of this 
Church’s love and gratitude, and she, with 
grateful acknowledgments thereof, declined to 
receive this munificent gift, she now under- 
stands the financial situation between the 
Christian Science Board of Directors and said 
Church to be as follows: — 

Financial Situation. Sect. 2. The Christian 
Science Board of Directors owns the church edi- 
fices, with the land whereon they stand, legally; 
and the church members own the aforesaid 
premises and buildings, beneficially. After the 
first church was built, the balance of the build- 
ing funds, which remained in the hands of the 
Directors, belonged to the Church, and not solely 


48 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


to the Directors. The balance of the church 
building funds, which can be spared after the 
debts are paid, should remain on safe deposit, 
to be hereafter used for the benefit of this 
Church, as the right occasion may call for it. 
The following indicates the proper management 
of the church funds : — 

Report of Directors. Sect. 3. It shall be 
the duty of the Christian Science Board of Di- 
rectors to have the books of the Church Treas- 
urer audited semi-annually, and to report at 
the annual church meeting the amount of funds 
which the Church has on hand, the amount of 
its indebtedness and of its expenditures for the 
last year. 

Finance Committee. Sect. 4. There shall 
be a Committee on Finance which shall con- 
sist of three Executive Members of this Church 
in good standing. Its members shall be ap- 
pointed annually by the Christian Science Board 
of Directors and with the consent of the 
Pastor Emeritus. They shall hold quarterly 
meetings and keep themselves thoroughly in- 
formed as to the real estate owned by this 
Church and the amount of funds received by 
the Treasurer of The Mother Church, who is 


GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 49 


individually responsible for said funds. They 
shall have the books of the Christian Science 
Board of Directors and the books of the Church 
Treasurer audited annually by an honest, com- 
petent accountant. The books are to be audited 
on May first. 

Prior to paying bills against the Church, the 
Treasurer of this Church shall submit them all 
to said committee for examination. This com- 
mittee shall decide thereupon by a unanimous 
vote, and its endorsement of the bills shall render 
them payable. 

If it be found that the church funds have not 
been properly managed, it shall be the duty of 
the Board of Directors and the Treasurer to be 
individually responsible for the performance of 
their several offices satisfactorily, and for the 
proper distribution of the funds of which they 
are the custodians. 

God’s Requirement. Sect. 5. God requires 
wisdom, economy, and brotherly love to char- 
acterize all the proceedings of the members of 
The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, 
Scientist. 

Provision for the Future. Secr. 6. In case 
of any possible future deviation from duty, the 

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50 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


Committee on Finance shall visit the Board of 
Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner, 
demand that each member thereof comply with 
the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director 
fails to heed this admonition, he may be dis- 
missed from office and the vacancy supplied by 
the Board. 

Debt and Duty. Sect. 7. The Mother Church 
shall not be made legally responsible for the debts 
of individuals except such debts as are specified 
in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church 
shall not be made without the written consent 
of the Pastor Emeritus. Also important move- 
ments of the manager of the Committee on Pub- 
lication shall be sanctioned by the Board of 
Directors and be subject to the approval of Mary 
Baker G. Eddy. (See Article VI, Sect. 1.) 

Emergencies. Secr. 8. The Treasurer, per- 
sonally, or through the Clerk of the Church, 
may pay from the funds of the Church bills of 
immediate necessity not exceeding $200 for 
any one transaction, and he may keep on de- 
posit the sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty 
cash fund, to be used by him for the payment 
of such bills. Such payments shall be reported, 


GUARDIANSHIP OF CHURCH FUNDS 5! 


on the first of the following month, to the 
Board of Directors and the Committee on 
Finance, for their approval. 

Committee on Business. Sect. 9. The Chris- 
tian Science Board of Directors shall elect annu- 
ally a Committee on Business, which shall consist 
of not less than three loyal members of The 
Mother Church, who shall transact promptly and 
efficiently such business as Mrs. Eddy, the Di- 
rectors, or the Committee on Publication shall 
commit to it. While the members of this Com- 
mittee are engaged in the transaction of the 
business assigned to them they shall be paid 
from the Church funds, 


52 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, 


ARTICLE XVIII. 
TEACHERS. 


Motive in Teaching. Section 1. Teaching 
Christian Science shall not be a question of 
money, but of morals and religion, healing and 
uplifting the race. 

Care of Pupils. Sect. 2. Christian Scien- 
tists who are teachers shall carefully select for 
pupils such only as have good past records and 
promising proclivities toward Christian Science. 
The teacher shall hold himself morally obligated 
to promote the progress of his pupils, not only 
during the class term but after it, and to watch 
well that they prove sound in sentiment and 
practical in Christian Science. He shall per- 
sistently and patiently counsel his pupils in con- 
formity with the unerring wisdom and law of 
God, and shall enjoin them habitually to study 
the Scriptures and ScIENCE AND HEALTH 
WITH Key TO THE SCRIPTURES. 


TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 53 


Defense against Malpractice. SeEcT. 3. 
Teachers shall instruct their pupils how to de- 
fend themselves against mental malpractice, 
never to return evil for evil, but to know the 
truth that makes free, and thus to be a law, not ° 
unto others, but to themselves. 

Number of Pupils. Sect. 4. The teachers of 
Christian Science shall teach but one class yearly, 
which class shall consist of not more than thirty 
pupils. After 1907, the Board of Education shall 
have one class triennially, a Normal class not 
exceeding thirty pupils. 

Pupil’s Tuition. Sect. 5. A student’s price 
for teaching Christian Science shall not exceed 
$50.00 per pupil. 

Associations. Sect. 6. Teachers’ associations 
shall convene annually, and their pupils shall 
be guided by the Bripie, and ScIENCE AND 
HEALTH. 

A Single Field of Labor. Sect. 7. A loyal 
teacher of Christian Science shall take entire 
charge of his pupils. He shall not teach a loyal 
teacher’s pupil except it be in the Board of 
Education. Outside .of this Board each student 


54 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


occupies his own field of labor. Pupils may visit 
each other’s churches, and by invitation attend 
each other’s associations. 

Change of Location. Sect. 8. Faithfully to 
fulfil the solemn responsibilities of a teacher of 
Christian Science or of a Reader, a teacher or 
Reader should remain with his own pupils, asso- 
ciation, and church. But if, for sufficient cause 
or to supply a need of the Pastor Emeritus, a 
teacher permanently changes his location, he may 
select a member of his church to guide his 
pupils. 

Caring for Pupils of Strayed Members. 
Sect. 9. A loyal teacher of Christian Science 
may teach and receive into his association the 
pupils of another member of this Church who 
has so strayed as justly to be deemed, under the 
provisions of Article XXV, Sect. 1, not ready to 
lead his pupils. 

Teachers must have Certificates. SrEcr. Io. 
A member of this Church shall not teach pupils 
Christian Science unless he has a certificate to 
show that he has been taught by Mrs. Eddy or 
has taken a Normal Course at the Massachu- 
setts Metaphysical College or in the Board of 
Education. 


TEACHING CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 55 


ARTICLE XIX. 
PUPILS. 


Authorized to Teach. Section 1. After a 
student’s pupil has been duly authorized to be 
a teacher of Christian Science, he is no longer 
‘under the jurisdiction of his former teacher. 

Without Teachers. Sect. 2. Those beloved 
brethren, who are distant from The Mother 
Church and whose teachers have left them, can 
elect Readers of their churches who are ready 
for this high calling, and continue the meetings 
of their associations. 

Basis for Teaching. Sect. 3. The teachers 
of the Normal class shall teach from the chapter 
“Recapitulation” in SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH 
Key TO THE Scriptures, and from the Chris- 
tian Science Platform, beginning on page 330 of 
the revised editions since 1902, and they shall 
teach nothing contrary thereto. The teachers 
of the Primary class shall instruct their pupils 
from the said chapter on “ Recapitulation ” 
only. 


56 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


The Sunday School. Sect. 4. Pupils may 
be received in the Sunday School classes of any 
Church of Christ, Scientist, up to the age of 
twenty years, and by transfer from another 
Church of Christ, Scientist, up to that age, but 
no pupil shall remain in the Sunday School of 
any Church of Christ, Scientist, after reaching 
the age of twenty. None except the officers, 
teachers, and pupils should attend the Sunday 
School exercises. 

Teaching the Children. Sect. 5. The 
Sabbath School children shall be taught the 
Scriptures, and they shall be instructed ac- 
cording to their understanding or ability to 
grasp the simpler meanings of the divine 
Principle that they are taught. 

Subject for Lessons. Sect. 6. The first 
lessons of the children should be the Ten Com- 
mandments (Exodus, 20: 3-17), the Lord’s 
Prayer (Matt. 6 : 9-13), and its Spiritual In- 
terpretation by Mary Baker G. Eddy, Sermon 
on the Mount (Matt. 5 : 3-12). The next les- 
sons consist of such questions and answers as 
are adapted to a juvenile class, and may be 
found in the Christian Science Quarterly Lessons, 
read in Church services. The instruction given 
by the children’s teachers must not deviate from 
the absolute Christian Science contained in their 
textbook. 


GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 57 


GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS. 


ARTICLE XX. 


A Rule for Motives and Acts. Section I. 
Neither animosity nor mere personal attachment 
should impel the motives or acts of the members 
of The Mother Church. In Science, divine Love 
alone governs man; and a Christian Scientist 
re‘Jects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuk- 
ing sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, 
and forgiveness. The members of this Church 
should daily watch and pray to be delivered 
from all evil, from prophesying, judging, con- 
demning, counseling, influencing or being influ- 
enced erroneously. 

ja Be Read. in Church. Secr. 2, The 
above Church Rule shall be read in The Mother 
Church and in the branch churches by the First 
Reader on the first Sunday of each month. 
On Communion day the Church Tenets are to 
be read. 

Christ Jesus the Ensample. Secr. 3. He 
who dated the Christian era is the Ensample in 


58 CHURCH BY-LAWS 

Christian Science. Careless comparison or irrev- 
erent reference to Christ Jesus is abnormal in a 
Christian Scientist, and is prohibited. When it is 
necessary to show the great gulf between Chris- 
tian Science and theosophy, hypnotism, or spirit- 
ualism, do it, but without hard words. The wise 
man saith, “ A soft answer turneth away wrath.” 
However despitefully used and misrepresented 
by the churches or the press, in return employ 
no violent invective, and do good unto your 
enemies when the opportunity occurs. A de- 
parture from this rule disqualifies a member for 
office in the Church or on the Board of Lec- 
tureship, and renders this member liable to dis- 
cipline and, possibly, dismissal from The Mother 
Church. 

Daily Prayer. Sect. 4. It shall be the duty 
of every member of this Church to pray each 
day: “Thy kingdom come;” let the reign of 
divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in 
me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy 
Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and 
govern them! 

Prayer in Church. Sect. 5. The prayers in 
Christian Science churches shall be offered for 
the congregations, 


GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 59 


Alertness to Duty. Sect. 6. It shall be the 
duty of every member of this Church to defend 
himself daily against aggressive mental sugges- 
tion, and not be made to forget nor to neglect 
his duty to God, to his Leader, and to mankind. 
By his works he shall be judged, — and justified 
or condemned. 

One Christ. Sect. 7. In accordance with 
the Christian Science textbooks,—the Brste, 
and ScIENCE AND HEALTH wiTH Key TO THE 
SCRIPTURES, —and in accord with all of Mrs. 
Eddy’s teachings, members of this Church shall 
neither entertain a belief nor signify a belief in 
more than one Christ, even that Christ whereof 
the Scripture beareth testimony. 

No Malpractice. Sect. 8. Members will not 
intentionally or knowingly mentally malpractise, 
inasmuch as Christian Science can only be prac- 
tised according to the Golden Rule: “ All things 
whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, 
do ye even so to them.” (Matt. 7: 12.) 

Charity to All. Secr. 9. While members 
of this Church do not believe in the doctrines 
of theosophy, hypnotism, or spiritualism, they 
cherish no enmity toward those who do believe 
in such doctrines, and will not harm them. But 
whenever God calls a member to bear testimony 


60 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


to Truth and to defend the cause of Christ, he 
shall do it with love and without fear. 

Obedience Required. Sect. 10. It shall be 
the duty of the officers of this Church, of the 
Editors of the Christian Science Journal, Sen- 
tinel, and Der Herold, of the members of the 
Committees on Publication, of the Trustees of 
The Christian Science Publishing Society, and 
of the Board of Education promptly to comply 
with any written order, signed by Mary Baker 
G. Eddy, which applies to their official functions. 
Disobedience to this By-Law shall be sufficient 
cause for the removal of the offending member 
from office. 

The vacancy shall be supplied by a majority 
vote of the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
tors, and the candidate shall be subject to the 
approval of Mary Baker G. Eddy. 

A Member not a Leader. Sect. 1. A 
member of The First Church of Christ, Scien- 
tist, in Boston, Mass., shall not be called 
Leader by members of this Church, when this 
term is used in connection with Christian 
Science. 

Testimonials. Sect. 12. “Glorify God in 
your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s ” 


GUIDANCE OF MEMBERS 61 


(St. Paul). Testimony in regard to the healing 
of the sick is highly important. More than a mere 
rehearsal of blessings, it scales the pinnacle of 
praise and illustrates the demonstration of Christ, 
“who healeth all thy diseases” (Psalm 103: 3). 
This testimony, however, shall not include a de- 
scription of symptoms or of suffering, though the 
generic name of the disease may be indicated. 
This By-Law applies to testimonials which appear 
in the periodicals and to those which are given 
at the Wednesday evening meeting. 

Use of Initials “C.S.” Sect. 13. A member 
of The Mother Church shall not place the initials 
“C.S.” after his name on circulars, cards, or 
leaflets, which advertise his business or profes- 
sion, except as a Christian Science practitioner. 

The Promotion of Peace. Sect. 14. It shall 
be the duty of the members of the Mother 
Church and of its branch churches to encour- 
age and render such aid as they can individ- 
ually to promote and establish peace on earth 
and good will toward men, but to do this 
noble work it is not needful to form orgam- 
sations of the members of Christian Science 
churches, nor to adopt by-laws upon this sub- 
ject to govern members. 


62 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


DISCIPLINE. 


ARTICLE XXI, 
COMPLAINTS. 


Preliminary Requirement. Section 1. No 
church discipline shall ensue until the require- 
ments according to the Scriptures, in Matthew, 
18: 15-17, have been strictly obeyed, unless a 
By-Law governing the case provides for imme- 
diate action. 

Authority. Sect. 2. The Christian Science 
Board of Directors has power to discipline, place 
on probation, remove from membership, or to 
excommunicate members of The Mother Church. 
Only the members of this Board shall be pres- 
ent at meetings for the examination of com- 
plaints against church members; and they alone 
shall vote on cases involving The Mother Church 
discipline. 

Members in Mother Church Only. Sect. 3. 
A complaint against a member of The Mother 
Church, if said member belongs to no branch 
church and if this complaint is not for mental 
malpractice, shall be laid before this Board, and 
within ten days thereafter, the Clerk of the 
Church shall address a letter of inquiry to the 
member complained of as to the validity of 


DISCIPLINE 63 


the charge. If a member is found guilty of that 
whereof he is accused and his previous character 
has been good, his confession of his error and 
evidence of his compliance with our Church 
Rules shall be deemed sufficient by the Board 
for forgiveness for once, and the Clerk of the 
Church shall immediately so inform him. But 
a second offense shall dismiss a member from 
the Church. 

Removal of Cards. Sect. 4. No cards shall 
be removed from our periodicals without the re- 
quest of the advertiser, except by a majority vote 
of the Christian Science Board of Directors at 
a meeting held for this purpose or for the exam- 
ination of complaints. 

Members of this Church, who facie other 
professions or pursue other vocations, shall not 
advertise as healers, excepting those members 
who are officially engaged in the work of Chris- 
tian Science, and they must devote ample time 
for faithful practice. 

Members of Branch Churches. Sect. 5. A 
member of both The Mother Church and a branch 
Church of Christ, Scientist, or a Reader, shall not 
report nor send notices to The Mother Church, 
or to the Pastor Emeritus, of errors of the 


64 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


members of their local church; but they shall 
strive to overcome these errors. Each church 
shall separately and independently discipline its 
own members, —1if this sad necessity occurs. 


ARTICLE XXII. 
RELATION OF MEMBERS TO PASTOR EMERITUS. 


The Title of Mother Changed. Section 1. 
In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 
loyal Christian Scientists had given to the 
author of their textbook, the Founder of Chris- 
tian Science, the individual, endearing term of 
Mother. At first Mrs. Eddy objected to being 
called thus, but afterward consented on the 
ground that this appellative in the Church meant 
nothing more than a tender term such as sister 
or brother. In the year nineteen hundred and 
three and after, owing to the public misunder- 
standing of this name, it is the duty of Christian 
Scientists to drop the word mother and to sub- 
stitute Leader, already used in our periodicals. 

Working Against the Cause. Sect. 2. lfa 
member of this Church shall, mentally or other- 
wise, persist in working against the interests of 
another member, or the interests of our Pastor 
Emeritus and the accomplishment of what she 
understands is advantageous to this Church and 


DISCIPLINE 65 


to the cause of Christian Science, or shall influ- 
ence others thus to act, upon her complaint or 
the complaint of a member for her or for himself, 
it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors 
immediately to call a meeting, and drop forever 
the name of the member guilty of this offense 
from the roll of Church membership. 

No Unchristian Conduct. Secr. 3. Ifa 
member of this Church were to treat the author 
of our textbook disrespectfully and cruelly, upon 
her complaint that member should be excommu- 
nicated. If a member, without her having re- 
quested the information, shall trouble her on 
subjects unnecessarily and without her consent, 
it shall be considered an offense. 

Not to Learn Hypnotism. Sect. 4. Mem- 
bers of this Church shall not learn hypnotism 
on penalty of being excommunicated from this 
Church. No member shall enter a complaint of 
mental malpractice for a sinister purpose. If 
the author of ScIENCE AND HEALTH shall bear 
witness to the offense of mental malpractice, it 
shall be considered a sufficient evidence thereof. 

Reading and Attesting Letters. Sect. 5. 
When a letter or a message from the Pastor 
Emeritus is brought before a meeting of this 


Church, or she is referred to as authority for 
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66 CHURCH BY~LAWS 


business, it shall be the duty of the Church to 
inquire if all of the letter has been read, and to 
require all of it to be read; also to have any 
authority supposed to come from her satisfac- 
torily attested. 

Unauthorized Reports. Sect. 6. Members 
of this Church shall not report on authority an 
order from Mrs. Eddy that she has not sent, 
either to the Boards or to the executive bodies 
of this Church. The Pastor Emeritus is not to 
be consulted on cases of discipline, on the cases 
of candidates for admission to this Church, or 
on the cases of those on trial for dismissal from 
the Church. 

Interpreting Communications. Sect. 7. If 
at a meeting of this Church a doubt or dis- 
agreement shall arise among the members as to 
the signification of the communications of the 
Pastor Emeritus to them, before action is taken 
it shall be the duty of the Clerk to report to her 
the vexed question and to await her explanation 
thereof. 

Unauthorized Legal Action. Srcr. 8 A 
member of this Church shall not employ an at- 
torney, nor take legal action on a case not pro- 
vided for in its By-Laws —if said case relates 
to the person or to the property of Mary Baker 


DISCIPLINE 67 


G. Eddy — without having personally conferred 
with her on said subject. 

No Adulterating Christian Science. SrctT. 9. 
A member of this Church shall not publish pro- 
fuse quotations from Mary Baker G. Eddy’s 
copyrighted works without her permission, and 
shall not plagiarize her writings. This By-Law 
not only calls more serious attention to the com- 
mandment of the Decalogue, but tends to pre- 
vent Christian Science from being adulterated. 

Opportunity for Serving the Leader. Sect. 
1o. At the written request of the Pastor Eme- 
ritus, Mrs. Eddy, the Board of Directors shall 
immediately notify a member of this Church to 
go in ten days to her, and it shall be the duty 
of the member thus notified to remain with 
Mrs. Eddy twelve months consecutively, or 
three years consecutively if Mrs. Eddy requires 
or requests it. A member, who leaves her in 
less time without her consent or who is dis- 
charged shall be dropped from the Church. 
Male members, who remain with her three 
years consecutively, shall be paid semi-annu- 
ally at the rate of twelve hundred dollars 
yearly in addition to rent and board. Female 

‘members shall receive one thousand dollars an- 
nually with rent and board. Those members, 


68 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


whom she teaches the course in Divinity, and 
those who remain with her three consecutive 
years, receive the degree of the Massachusetts 
Metaphysical College, if they are considered 
by Mrs. Eddy prepared to receive it. 

Publications Unjust. Sect. 11. If a mem- 
ber of The Mother Church publishes, or causes 
to be published, an article that is false or unjust, 
hence injurious, to Christian Science or to its 
Leader, and if, upon complaint by another mem- 
ber, the Board of Directors finds that the offense 
has been committed, the offender shall be sus- 
pended for not less than three years from his 
or her office in this Church and from Church 
membership. 


ARTICLE XXIII. 
READERS. 


In The Mother Church. Section 1. If a 
Reader in The Mother Church be found at any 
time inadequate or unworthy, he or she shall be 
removed from office by a majority vote of the 
Board of Directors and the consent of the Pas- 
tor Emeritus, and the vacancy supplied. 


DISCIPLINE 69 


A Reader not a Leader. Sect. 2. The Church 
Reader shall not be a Leader, but he shall main- 
tain the Tenets, Rules, and discipline of the 
Church. A Reader shall not be a President of 
a church. . 


ARTICLE XXIV. 
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 


Honesty Requisite. Section 1. No person 
shall be elected nor remain an Executive Mem- 
ber, against whom another Executive Member — 
brings positive proof of his dishonesty in busi- 
ness or of his dishonest deportment in any de- 
partment of Christian Science. 

Disobedience Dealt With. Sect. 2. If one 
Executive Member knows that another member 
is disobeying the above By-Law, it is his duty im- 
mediately to tell him his fault, rebuke, and exhort 
him. Then, if he continue to break the By- 
Law, a meeting of the Board of Directors shall 
be called within seven days, and his name erased 
from the list of Executive Members. 


79° CHURCH BY—LAWS 


ARTICLE XXV. 
TEACHERS. 


Probation. Section 1. For sufficient rea- 
sons it may be decided that a teacher has so 
strayed as not to be fit for the work of a Reader 
in church or a teacher of Christian Science. 
Although repentant and forgiven by the Church 
and retaining his membership, this weak mem- 
ber shall not be counted loyal till after three years 
of exemplary character. Then the Board of 
Directors may decide if his loyalty has been 
proved by uniform maintenance of the life of 
a consistent, consecrated Christian Scientist. 

Misteaching. Sect. 2. If a member of this 
Church is found trying to practise or to teach 
Christian Science contrary to the statement 
thereof in its textbook, SclENCE AND HEALTH 
‘WITH Kry TO THE SCRIPTURES, it shall be the 
duty of the Board of Directors to admonish that 
member according to Article XXI, Sect. 1. 
Then, if said member persists in this offense, 
his or her name shall be dropped from the roll 
of this Church. 


DISCIPLINE 71 


ARTICLE XXVI. 
MEMBERS. 


Departure from Tenets. Section 1. If a 
member of this Church shall depart from the 
Tenets and be found having the name without 
the life of a Christian Scientist, and another 
member in good standing shall from Christian 
motives make this evident, a meeting of the Board 
of Directors shall be called, and the offender’s 
case shall be tried and said member exonerated 
— put on probation or excommunicated. 

Violation of By-Laws. Sect. 2. A member, 
who is found violating any of the By-Laws 
or Rules herein set forth, shall be admonished 
in consonance with the Scriptural demand in 
Matthew, 18: 15-17; and if he neglect to accept 
such admonition, he shall be placed on probation, 
or if he repeat the offense, his name shall be 
dropped from the roll of Church membership. _ 

Illegal Adoption. Secr. 3. No person shall 
be a member of this Church, who claims a spirit- 
ually adopted child or a spiritually adopted hus- 
band or wife. There must be legal adoption and 
legal marriage, which can be verified according 
to the laws of our land. 


72 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


Violation of Christian Fellowship. Sect. 4. 
Any member, who shall unjustly aggrieve or 
vilify the Pastor Emeritus or another member, 
or who does not live in Christian fellowship with 
members who are in good and regular standing 
with this Church, shall either withdraw from the 
Church or be excommunicated. 

Formulas Forbidden. Sect. 5. No member 
shall use written formulas, nor permit his patients 
or pupils to use them, as auxiliaries to teach- 
ing Christian Science or for healing the sick. 
Whatever is requisite for either is contained in 
the books of the Discoverér and Founder of 
Christian Science. Sometimes she may strengthen 
the faith by a written text as no one else 
can. 

Forbidden Membership. Sect. 6. A member 
of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos- 
ton, Mass., shall not be a member of any church 
whose Readers are not Christian Scientists and 
members of The Mother Church. 

Officious Members. Sect. 7. A member of 
The Mother Church is not entitled to hold office 
or read in branch churches of this denomination 
except by invitation. 

Uncharitable Publications. Secr. 8 <A 
member of this Church shall not publish, nor 


DISCIPLINE 73 


cause to be published, an article that is unchari- 
table or impertinent towards religion, medicine, 
the courts, or the laws of our land. 

Legal Titles. Sect. 9. Students of Christian 
Science must drop the titles of Reverend and 
Doctor, except those who have received these 
titles under the Jaws of the State. 

Practitioners and Patients. Sect. 10. A 
member of The Mother Church shall not, under 
pardonable circumstances, sue his patient for 
' recovery of payment for said member’s practice, 
on penalty of discipline and liability to have his 
name removed from membership. Also he shall 
reasonably reduce his price in chronic cases of 
recovery, and in cases where he has not effected 
acure. A Christian Scientist is a humanitarian ; 
he is benevolent, forgiving, long-suffering, and 
seeks to overcome evil with good. 

No Incorrect Literature. Sect. 11. A mem- 
ber of this Church shall neither buy, sell, nor cir- 
culate Christian Science literature which is not 
correct in its statement of the divine Principle 
and rules and the demonstration of Christian 
Science. Also the spirit in which the writer 
has written his literature shall be definitely con- 
sidered. His writings must show strict adher- 


74 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


ence to the Golden Rule, or his literature shall 
not be adjudged Christian Science. A departure 
from the spirit or letter of this By-Law involves 
schisms in our Church and the possible loss, for 
a time, of Christian Science. 
. Endorsing Applications. Sect. 12. A mem- 
ber of The Mother Church shall not endorse’ nor 
countersign an application for membership there- 
with until after the blank has been properly filled 
out by an applicant. A member who violates 
this By-Law shall be disciplined. 

Privilege of Members. Sect. 13. Members 
in good standing with The Mother Church, who 
are members of the faculty, instructors, or stu- 
dents in any university or college, can form and 
conduct a Christian Science organization at such 
university or college, provided its rules so permit. 
Also members in good standing with The Mother 
Church, who are graduates of said university 
or college, may become members of the organ- 
ization by application to, and by the unanimous 
vote of, the active members present, if the rules 
of the university or college so permit. When 
called for, a member of the Board of Lecture- 
ship may lecture for said university or college 
organization. 


DISCIPLINE 75 


Church Organizations Ample. Sect. 14. 
Members of this Church shall not become mem- 
. bers of organizations which exclude either sex, — 
except they are Free Masons, or Press Clubs that 
give the toil-worn aged Journalists a Home. God 
requires our whole heart, and He supplies within 
the wide channels of The Mother Church dutiful 
and sufficient occupations for all its members. 

The Golden Rule. Sect. 15. A member of 
_The Mother Church shall not haunt Mrs. Eddy’s 
drive when she goes out, continually stroll by 
her house, nor make a summer resort of Concord, 
N. H., for this purpose. 

Private Communications. Sect. 16. A strictly 
private communication from the Pastor Emeritus 
to a member of her Church shall not be made 
public without her written consent. 

The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist 
Tenets. Sect. 17. Ifa member of The Mother 
Church of Christ, Scientist, or a member of a 
Branch of this Church break the rules of its 
Tenets as to unjust and unmerciful conduct — 
on complaint of Mrs. Eddy our Pastor Emeritus 
—and this complaint being found valid his or 
her name shall be erased from The Mother 
Church and the Branch Church’s list of mem- 
bership and the offender shall not be received 


76 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


into The Mother Church or a branch church 
for twelve years. 


ARTICLE X XVII. 
MUSIC IN THE CHURCH. 


Soloist and Organist. Section 1. The music 
in The Mother Church shall be of an appro- 
priate religious character and of a recognized 
standard of musical excellence. Music from 
the organ alone should continue about eight 
or nine minutes for the voluntary and six or 
seven minutes for the postlude, the offertory 
conforming to the time required to take the 
collection. The solo singer shall not neglect 
to sing any special hymn selected by the Board 
of Directors. 


THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 77 


THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH 
CHURCHES. 


ArticteE XXVIII. 


Local Self-Government: Section 1. The 
Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, shall assume 
no general official control of other churches, and 
it shall be controlled by none other. The general 
Communion of this Church shall be observed tri- 
ennially in Boston, Mass., on the second Sunday 
in June. Its local Communion service shall be 
held annually at the same date. 

Each Church of Christ, Scientist, shall have 
its own form of government. No conference of 
churches shall be held, except the triennial con- 
ference at The Mother Church, unless it be when 
our churches, located in the same State, convene 
to confer on a statute of said State, or to confer 
harmoniously on individual unity and action of 
the churches in said State. 

witles. Seer. 2.9“ The First Church of 
Christ, Scientist,” is the legal title of The Mother 
Church. Branch churches of The Mother Church 
may take the title of First Church of Christ, 
Scientist; Second Church of Christ, Scientist; 


78 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


and so on, where more than one church is es- 
tablished in the same place; but the article 
“The” must not be used before titles of branch 
churches, nor written on applications for mem- 
bership in naming such churches. 

Mother Church Unique. Sect. 3. In its 
relation to other Christian Science churches, in 
its By-Laws and self-government, The Mother 
Church stands alone; it occupies a position that 
no other church can fill. Then for a branch 
church to assume such position would be disas- 
trous to Christian Science. Therefore, no Church 
of Christ, Scientist, shall be considered loyal 
that has branch churches or adopts The Mother 
Church’s form of government, except in such cases 
as are specially allowed and named in this Manual. 

Tenets Copyrighted. Sect. 4. Branch 
churches shall not write the Tenets of The 
Mother Church in their church books, except 
they give the name of their author and her 
permission to publish them as Tenets of The 
Mother Church, copyrighted in ScIENCE AND 
HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES. 

No Executive Members. Sect. 5. Branch 
churches shall not organize with Exec- 
utive Members, that special method of or- 


THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 79 


ganization being adapted to The Mother Church 
alone. 

Manual. Sect. 6. Branch churches shall 
not adopt, print, nor publish the Manual of The 
Mother ‘Church. See Articre XLIT, Sect 1 

Organizing Churches. Secr. 7. A member 
of this Church, who obeys its By-Laws and is a 
loyal exemplary Christian Scientist working in 
the Field, is eligible to form a church in con- 
formity with Article XXVIII, Sect. 8, and to 
have church services conducted by reading the 
SCRIPTURES and the Christian Science textbook. 
This church shall be acknowledged publicly as a 
Church of Christ, Scientist. Upon proper appli- 
cation, made in accordance with the rules of The 
Christian Science Publishing Society, the ser- 
vices of such a church may be advertised in The 
Christian Science Journal. The branch churches 
shall be. individual, and not more than two small 
churches shall consolidate under one church govy- 
ernment. If the Pastor Emeritus, Mrs. Eddy, 
should relinquish her place as the head or Leader 
of The Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, each 
branch church shall continue its present form of 
government in consonance with The Mother 
Church Manual. 


80 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


Requirements for Organizing Branch 
Churches. Sect. 8. A branch church of -The 
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., 
shall not be organized with less than sixteen loyal 
Christian Scientists, four of whom are members 
of The Mother Church. This membership shall 
include at least one active practitioner whose card 
is published in the list of practitioners in “ The 
Christian Science Journal.” 

Communion of Branch Churches. SEcT. 9. 
The Communion shall be observed in the branch 
churches on the second Sunday in January and 
July of each year, and at this service the Tenets 
of The Mother Church are to be read. 

No Close Communion. Sect. 10, The 
Mother Church and the branch churches shall 
not confine their membership to the pupils of 
one teacher. 

No Duplicate Membership. Sect. 11. A 
member of The Mother Church may be a 
member of one Branch Church of Christ, Sci- 
entist, or of one Christian Science Society hold- 
ing public services, but he shall not be a member 
of both. 

No Impromptu Meetings. Srect.12. Neither 
before nor after the Communion of this Church 
shall the members immediately hold informal 


THE MOTHER CHURCH AND BRANCH CHURCHES 8&1 


gatherings for testimonial meetings or recep- 
tions in Boston, Mass., or in Concord, N. H. 
Baptized in the Spirit of Truth and Love, they 
shall quietly go forth prepared to demonstrate 
more fully the divine power which heals the 
sick and the sinner. 

Laying a Corner Stone. Sect. 13. No large 
gathering of people nor display shall be allowed 
when laying the Corner Stone of a Church of 
Christ, Scientist. Let the ceremony be devout. 
No special trowel should be used. (See “ Science 
and Health,” page 140.) 

Our Church Edifices. Sect. 14. The period- 
icals of our denomination do not publish de- 
scriptions of our church edifices, but they may 
quote from other periodicals or give incidental 
narratives. 

Church Membership. Sect. 15. Neither the 
Pastor Emeritus nor a member of this Church 
shall teach Roman Catholics Christian Science, 
except it be with the written consent of the 
authority of their Church. Choice of patients is 
left to the wisdom of the practitioner, and Mrs. 
Eddy is not to be consulted on this subject. 


82 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING 
SOCIETY. 


ARTICLE X XIX. 


Board of Trustees. Section 1. The Board 
of Trustees, constituted by a Deed of Trust 
given by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, the Pastor 
Emeritus of this Church, on January twenty- 
fifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the property 
therein conveyed, and conduct the business of 
“The Christian Science Publishing Society ” on 
a strictly Christian basis, for the promotion of 
the interests of Christian Science. 

Disposal of Funds. Sect. 2. The net profits 
of the business shall be paid over semi-annually 
to the Treasurer of The Mother Church. He 
shall hold this money subject to the order of the 
Christian Science Board of Directors, which is 
authorized to order its disposition only in accord- 
ance with the By-Laws contained in this Manual. 

Vacancies in Trusteeship. Sect. 3. The 
Christian Science Board of Directors shall have the 


THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY 83 


power to declare vacancies in said trusteeship, for 
such reasons as to the Board may seem expedient. 

Whenever a vacancy shall occur, the Pastor 
Emeritus reserves the right to fill the same by 
appointment; but if she does not elect to exer- 
cise this right, the remaining trustees shall fill 
the vacancy, subject to her approval. 

Editors and Manager. Sect. 4. The term 
of office for the editors and the manager of The 
Christian, Science Publishing Society is one year 
each, dating from the time of election to the 
office. Incumbents who have served one year or 
more can be re-elected, or new officers elected, 
by a unanimous vote of the Christian Science 
Board of Directors, and the consent of the Pastor 
Emeritus given in her own handwriting. 

Suitable Employees. Sect. 5. A person, 
who is not accepted by the Pastor Emeritus and 
the Christian Science Board of Directors as suit- 
able, shall in no manner be connected with pub- 
lishing her books, nor with editing or publishing 
The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science 
Sentinel, Der Herold der Christian Science, nor 
- with The Christian Science Publishing Society. 

Periodicals. Sect. 6. Periodicals, which 
shall at any time be published by The Christian 


84 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


Science Publishing Society, shall be copyrighted 
and conducted according to the provisions in the 
Deed of Trust relating to The Christian Science 
Journal. 

- Rule of Conduct. Sect. 7. No objectionable 
. pictures shall be exhibited in the rooms where the 
Christian Science textbook is published or sold. 
No idle gossip, no slander, no mischief-making, 
no evil speaking shall be allowed. 

. Books to be Published. Secr. 8. Only the 
Publishing Society of The Mother Church selects, 
approves, and publishes the books and literature 
it sends forth. If Mary Baker G. Eddy disap- 
proves of certain books or literature, the Society 
will not publish them. The Committees on Publi- 
cation are in no manner connected with these 
functions. A book or an article of which Mrs. 
Eddy is the author shall not be published nor 
republished by this Society without her knowl- 
edge or written consent. 

Obnoxious Books. Sect. 9. A member of 
this Church shall not patronize a publishing 
house or bookstore that has for sale obnoxious 
books. 


BOARD OF EDUCATION 85 


BOARD OF EDUCATION. 


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ARTICLE XXX. 
ORGANIZATION. 


Officers. Section 1. There shall be a Board 
of Education, under the auspices of Mary Baker 
G. Eddy, President of the Massachusetts Meta- 
physical College, consisting of three members, 
a president, vice-president, and teacher of Chris- 
tian Science. Obstetrics will not be taught. _ 

Election. Sect. 2. The vice-president. shall 
be elected annually by the Christian Science 
Board of Directors. Beginning with 1907, the - 
teacher shall be elected every third year by said 
Board, and the candidate shall be subject to the 
approval of the Pastor Emeritus. 

President not to be Consulted. Sect. 3. The 
President is not to be consulted by students © 
on the question of applying for admission 
to this Board nor on their course or conduct. 
The students can confer with their teachers on 
subjects essential to their progress. 


86 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


Presidency of College. Sect. 4. Should the 
President resign over her own signature or va- 
cate her office of President of the Massachusetts 
Metaphysical College, a meeting of the Christian 
Science Board of Directors shall immediately be 
called, and the vice-president of the Board of 
Education, being found worthy, on receiving her 
approval shall be elected to fill the vacancy. 


ARTICLE XXXI, 
APPLICANTS AND GRADUATES. 


Normal Teachers. Section 1. Loyal stu- 
dents, who have been taught in a Primary class . 
by Mrs. Eddy and have practised Christian 
Science healing acceptably three years, and who 
present such credentials as are required to verify 
this fact, are eligible to receive the degree of 
CSD: 

Qualifications. Sect. 2. Loyal Christian 
Scientists’ pupils who so desire may apply to the 
Board of Education for instruction; and if they 
have practised Christian Science healing success- 
fully three years and will furnish evidence of 
their eligibility therefor, they are eligible to enter 


BOARD OF EDUCATION 87 


the Normal class. All members of this class must 
be thorough English scholars. 

Certificates. Sect. 3. Students are examined 
and given certificates by this Board if found 
qualified to receive them. 


‘ARTICLE XXXII. 
ACTION OF THE BOARD, 


Sessions. SeEcTION 1. The term of the 
Massachusetts Metaphysical College will open 
with the Board of Education on the first 
Wednesday of December. The sessions will 
continue not over one week. None but the 
teacher and members of the College class shall 
be present at the sessions, and no Primary 
classes shall be taught under the auspices of 
this Board. 

Special Instruction. Sect, 2. Not less than 
two thorough lessons by a well qualified teacher 
shall be given to each Normal class on the 
subject of mental practice and malpractice. One 
student in the class shall prepare a paper on 
said subject that shall be read to the class, 
thoroughly discussed, and understood; this paper 


88 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


shall be given to the teacher, and he shall not 
allow it or a copy of it to remain, but shall 
destroy this paper. 

Signatures. Sect. 3. The signature of the 
teacher and of the President of the College 
shall be on all certificates issued. 

» Remuneration and Free Scholarship. Sect. 4. 

Tuition of class instruction in the Board of 
Education shall be $75.00. The bearer of a 
card of free scholarship from the President, 
Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, shall be entitled to 
a free course in this department on presenta- 
tion of the card to the teacher. Only the 
President gives free admission to classes. 

Surplus Funds. Sect. 5. Any surplus funds 
left in the hands of the Board of Education 
shall be paid over annually to the Treasurer of 
The Mother Church. 

Primary Students. Sect. 6. Students of 
Christian Science, duly instructed therein and 
with good moral records, not having the certifi- 
eate of C.S.D. may enter the Normal class in 
the Board of Education, which will be held once 
in three years beginning A.D. 1907; provided 
their diplomas are for three consecutive years 
under Mrs. Eddy’s daily conversation on 


BOARD OF EDUCATION 89 


Christian Science, or from the Massachusetts 
Metaphysical College Board of Education. 

Healing Better than Teaching. Sect. 7. 
Healing the sick and the sinner with Truth dem- 
onstrates what we affirm of Christian Science, 
and nothing can substitute this demonstration. 
I recommend that each member of this Church 
shall strive to demonstrate by his or her practice, 
that Christian Science heals the sick quickly and 
wholly, thus proving this Science to be all that 
we claim for it. 

If both husband and wife are found duly quali- 
fied to teach Christian Science, either one, not 
both, should teach yearly one class. 

Not Members of the Mother Church. Secr, 8. 
No person shall receive instructions in Chris- 
tian Science in any class in the Massachusetts 
Metaphysical College, nor receive the degree of 
C.S.B. or C.S.D., who is not a member of The 
First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass. 


90 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF 
TEACHERS. 


ARTICLE XXXIII. 
ORGANIZATION AND REGULATION. 


Qualification of Members. Section 1. There 
shall be an Association of Teachers consisting of 
loyal Christian Scientists who have certificates of 
the C.S.B. or C.S.D. degree, or of both, from 
the faculty of the Massachusetts Metaphysical 
College or Board of Education. Said Associa- 
tion of Teachers shall be established in the 
United States, Canada, Germany, in London, 
England, and Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Meetings. Sect. 2. The meetings of this 
Association in the United States shall be held 
triennially, and in alternate order, first in Boston, 
second in Chicago, third in New York City. 
-A member shall not report what is said or done 
in these meetings. 

The session of the General Association of 
Teachers may be held two days, closing daily 
not later than 6 p.m. The main topics for dis- 


GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS gi 


cussion are, unity of action, strict conformity to 
The Mother Church By-Laws and to the contents 
of the chapter on Teaching Christian Science in 
SCIENCE AND HEALTH. 

Organization Required. Sect. 3. This As- 
sociation shall be organized with an Executive 
Board of twelve members of The Mother Church. 
Seven members thereof shall be teachers of 
Christian Science, and five members shall form 
a quorum. Only members who present their 
names and credentials of membership at the door 
shall be admitted to the private business meetings 
of this Association. A two-thirds vote of the 
Executive Board shall elect or dismiss a member 
from the General Association of Teachers, but a 
member shall not be dismissed without the writ- 
ten consent of the Pastor Emeritus. If dismissed, 
a member shall no longer be regarded as a teacher 
of Christian Science. A member can only be re- 
instated by a unanimous vote of this Board and 

_strict compliance with the rules of the General 
Association of Teachers. 

Uniformity in Teaching and Practice Re- 
quired. Sect. 4. If one or more of the pupils 
either of a Normal class teacher or of a Primary 
class teacher shall practise differently from the 
others, and so depart from the theory and prac- 
tice which they have been taught, this departure 
shall be noted and discussed Christianly at the 


92 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


meeting of this Association, and then acted upon 
by this body of teachers. The rule of uniformity 
in the teaching and practice of Christian Science 
shall be strictly adhered to by both teacher and 
pupil. Ifa pupil persists in disobeying this rule, 
his name shall be dropped from the membership 
of the General Association of Teachers. And if 
a teacher, after being admonished, continues to 
disobey said rule, he shall be dismissed from this 
Association. 

Conduct of Members. Sect. 5. Ifan applica- 
tion for membership in the General Association 
of Teachers is rejected, it shall be the duty of 
the Secretary of the Executive Board to notify 
the applicant, but neither the Secretary nor 
Board shall be obliged to report the cause 
therefor. The members of this Board shall 
neither report the business transactions of the 
Board, nor what is said during its meetings. 

The Executive Board shall elect a new chair- 
man each year. His duties shall be to preside at 
the meetings of the Executive Board and at the 
sessions of the General Association of Teachers. 

Admission of Members. Sect. 6. The Gen- 
eral Association of Teachers shall not admit to 
its membership students who are not members of 
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass. 


BOARD OF LECTURESHIP 93 


BOARD OF LECTURESHIP. 


ARTICLE XXXIV. 


ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES. 


Election. Section 1. This Church shall 
maintain a Board of Lectureship, the members 
of which shall be elected annually on the Mon- 
day preceding the Annual Meeting, subject to 
the approval of the Pastor Emeritus. The lec- 
ture year shall begin July 1 of each year. 

Duty of Lecturers. Sect. 2. It is the duty 
of the Board of Lectureship to include in each 
lecture a true and just reply to public topics 
condemning Christian Science, and to bear testi- 
mony to the facts pertaining to the life of the 
Pastor Emeritus. Each member shall mail to 
the Clerk of this Church copies of his lectures 
before delivering them. 

No Disruption of Branch Churches. Sect. 3. 
The Board of Lectureship is not allowed in any- 
wise to meddle with nor to disrupt the organiza- 


94 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


tion of branch churches. The lecturer can invite 
churches within the city whither he is called to 
unite in their attendance on his lecture, and so 
make for their churches a less lecture fee; but 
the churches shall decide their action. 

Receptions. Sect. 4. Asa rule there should 
be no receptions nor festivities after a lecture on 
Christian Science, but there may occur excep- 
tions. If there be an individual who goes to hear 
and deride truth, he should go away contemplat- 
ing truth; and he who goes to seek truth should 
have the opportunity to depart in quiet thought 
on that subject. 


ARTICLE XXXV. 
CALLS FOR LECTURES. 


From the Directors. Section 1. When the 
need is apparent, the Christian Science Board of 
Directors of The Mother Church may call on 
any member of this Board of Lectureship to 
lecture at such places and at such times as the 
cause of-Christian Science demands. 

From Branch Churches. Sect. 2. The 
branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, may apply 
through their clerks to a member of this Board 


BOARD OF LECTURESHIP 95 
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of Lectureship for a speaker, and one shall be 
assigned them by the Board. 

From Societies. Secr. 3. If called for, a 
member of the Board may lecture for a Society. 

Annual Lectures. Sect. 4. The Mother 
Church and the branch churches shall call on 
the Board of Lectureship annually for one or 
more lectures. 

No Lectures by Readers. Sect. 5. No lec- 
ture shall be given by a Reader during his term 
of readership. The duties alone of a Reader are 
ample. 

No Wednesday Evening Lectures. Sect. 6. 
The Board of Lectureship shall not appoint a 
lecture for Wednesday evening. 

Lecture Fee. Sect. 7. The lecture fee shall 
be left to the discretion of the lecturer. 

Expenses. Sect. 8. The lecturer’s traveling 
expenses and the cost of hall shall be paid by 
the church that employs him. 

Exceptional Cases. Sect. 9. If a lecturer 
receive a call to lecture in a place where he sees 
there is special need, and the local church is un- 
able to meet the expense, he is at liberty to supply 
that need and trust to contributions for his fee. 


96 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


MISSIONARIES, 


ARTICLE XXXVI. 


Election. Section 1. The Christian Science 
Board of Directors shall annually elect not 
less than three experienced, competent Chris- 
tian Scientists for missionary work in Boston, 
Mass. 

Compensation. Sect. 2. While these stu- 
dents are performing missionary labor, they 
shall receive suitable wages, and the money 
thus appropriated shall be drawn from contri- 
butions to the Church or from the annual 
Church fund. 

Help. Sect. 3. If the author of the Chris- 
tian Science text-book call on this Board for 
household help or a handmaid, the Board 
shall immediately appoint a proper member 
of this Church therefor, and the appointee 
shall go immediately in obedience to the call. 
“He that loveth father or mother more than 
me is not worthy of me.” (Matt. 10: 37.) 


COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 97 


COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. 


ARTICLE XXXVII. 


In The Mother Church. Section 1. There 
shall be appointed by The Mother Church a Com- 
mittee on Publication, which shall consist of one 
loyal Christian Scientist who lives in Boston, and 
he shall be manager of the Committees on Publi- 
cation throughout the United States and Canada. 
He shall be elected annually by a unanimous vote 
of the Christian Science Board of Directors and 
the consent of the Pastor Emeritus given in her 
own handwriting, and shall receive an annual 
salary, paid quarterly, of not less than. four thou- 
sand dollars. 

Duties. Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the 
Committee on Publication to correct in a Chris- 
tian manner impositions on the public in regard 
to Christian Science, injustices done Mrs. Eddy 
or members of this Church by the daily press, 
by periodicals or circulated literature of any sort. 


This Committee on Publication shall be respon- 
7 


98 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


sible for correcting or having corrected a false 
newspaper article which has not been replied to 
by other Scientists, or which has been forwarded 
to this Committee for the purpose of having him 
reply to it. If the correction by the Committee 
on Publication is not promptly published by the 
periodical, in which it is desirable that this cor- 
rection shall appear, this Committee shall im- 
mediately apply for aid to the Committee on 
Business. Furthermore, the Committee on Pub- 
lication shall read the last proof sheet of such 
an article and see that it is published according 
to copy; he shall circulate in large quantities 
the papers containing such an article, sending a 
copy to the Clerk of the Church. It shall also 
be the duty of the Committee on Publication to 
have published each year in a leading Boston 
newspaper the letter sent to the Pastor Emeritus 
by the Church members in annual meeting as- 
sembled. The State Committees on Publication 
act under the direction of this Committee on 
Publication. 

In Branch Churches. Sect. 3. The Readers 
of the three largest branch churches in each State 
of the United States and in Canada shall annually 
and alternately appoint a Committee on Publi- 


COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION 99 


cation to serve in their localities. Each county 
of Great Britain and Ireland, through the Readers 
of its three largest branch churches, shall annu- 
ally and alternately appoint a Committee on Pub- 
lication to serve in its locality. Each church is 
not necessarily confined to its own members mm 
selecting this Committee, but if preterred, can 
appoint a Committee on Publication, who is in 
good fellowship with another Church of Christ, 
Scientist. 

This By-Law applies to all States except 
Massachusetts, in which the Committee on Pub- 
lication is elected only by the Christian Science 
Board of Directors, 

Appointment. Sect. 4. The Committees on 
Publication shall consist of men generally. Each 
State Committee shall be appointed by the First 
and Second Readers of the church employing 
said Committee. If prior to the meeting of the 
church for the election of officers, Mrs. Eddy 
shall send to the First Reader of the church the 
name of a candidate for its Committee on Publi- 
cation, the Readers shall appoint said candidate. 
Or if she shall send a special request to any 
Committee on Publication, the request shall be 
carried out according to her directions, 


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100 CHURCH BY—LAWS 
ee 

Removal from Office. Sect. 5. If the Com- 
mittee on Publication neglects to fulfil the obli- 
gations of his office according to these By-Laws, 
and this becomes apparent to the Christian Sci- 
ence Board of Directors, it shall be the duty of 
the Directors immediately to act upon this im- 
portant matter in accordance with said By-Laws. 

The Christian Science Board of Directors may 
notify any Church of Christ, Scientist, to remove 
its Committee on Publication and to appoint an- 
other Committee to fill the vacancy; and it shall 
be the duty of that church to comply with this 
request. In such cases it shall be the privilege 
of this Board to name the Committee if it so 
desires, and any Committee so named by the 
Board shall be elected by the branch church. 

Case of Necessity. Sercr. 6. If a suitable 
man is not obtainable for Committee on Publica- 
tion, a suitable woman shall be elected. If at 
any time the Christian Science Board of Direc- 
tors shall determine that the manager of the 
general Committee on Publication needs an as- 
sistant, the Board shall, with the approval of the 
Pastor Emeritus, appoint an assistant manager, 
who shall receive an adequate salary from The 
Mother Church. 


READING ROOMS 101 


READING ROOMS. 


ARTICLE XXXVIII. 


Establishment. Section 1. Each church of 
the Christian Science denomination shall have 
a reading room, though two or more churches 
may unite in having reading rooms, provided 
these rooms are well located. 

Librarian. Sect. 2. The individual who 
takes charge of the Reading Room of The 
Mother Church shall be elected by the Trustees 
of The Christian Science Publishing Society, 
subject to the approval of Mary Baker G. Eddy. 
He or she shall have no bad habits, shall have 
had experience in the Field, shall be well edu- 
cated, and a devout Christian Scientist. 

Mrs. Eddy’s Rooms. Sect. 3. The tempo- 
rary custodians of Mrs. Eddy’s rooms shall be 
appointed with her consent. 


102 CHURCH BY-LAWS 


MARRIAGE AND DECEASE. 


ARTICLE XXXIX. 


- A Legal Ceremony. Section 1. If a Chris- 
tian Scientist is to be married, the ceremony 
shall be performed by a clergyman who is legally 
authorized. 

Sudden Decease, Sect. 2. If a member of 
the Mother Church shall decease suddenly, 
without ‘previous injury or illness, and the 
cause thereof be unknown, an autopsy shall 
be made by qualified experts. 


DEBATING IN PUBLIC. 


ARTICLE XL. 

No Unauthorized Debating. Section 1. A 
member of this Church shall not debate on Chris- 
tian Science in public debating assemblies, with- 
out the consent of the Board of Directors. 


CHURCH BUILDING 103 


CHURCH-BUILDING. 


ArTIcLeE XLI. 

Building Committee. Section 1. There 
shall be a Building Committee consisting of 
not less than three members, and this committee 
shall not be dissolved until the new Church 
edifice is completed. This Committee shall elect, 
dismiss, or supply a vacancy of its members by 
a majority vote. 

. Designation of Deeds. Sect. 2. All deeds 
of further purchases of land for The First 
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
shall have named in them all the trusts mentioned 
in the deeds given by Mr. Albert Metcalf and 
Mr. E. Noyes Whitcomb, March, 1903. Also there 
shall be incorporated in all deeds for land for 
said Church the phrase “ Mary Baker G. Eddy’s 
Church, The Mother Church or The First Clrurch 
‘of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.” 

The Mother Church Building. Sect. 3. The 
edifice erected in 1894 for The First Church of 
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., shall neither 
be demolished, nor removed from the site where 
it was built, without the written consent of the 
Pastor Emeritus, Mary Baker G. Eddy. 


104 CHURCH BY—LAWS 


CHURCH MANUAL, 


ArTIcLE XLII. 


For The Mother Church Only. Section I. 
The Church Manual of The First Church of 
Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., written by 
Mary Baker G. Eddy and copyrighted, is 
adapted to The Mother Church only. It stands 
alone, uniquely adapted to form the budding 
thought and hedge it about with divine Love. 
This Manual shall not be revised without the 
written consent of its author. 

Fifty-seventh Edition the Authority. Sect. 
2. The Board of Directors, the Committee on 
Bible Lessons, and the Board of Trustees shall 
each keep a copy of the fifty-seventh edition and 
of subsequent editions of the Church Manual; 
and if a discrepancy appears in any revised edi- 
tion, these editions shall be cited as authority. 

Amendment of By-Laws. Sect. 3. No new 
Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, nor any 
Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled, with- 
out the written consent of Mary Baker G. 
Eddy, the author of our text-book, ScrENCcE 
AND HEALTH. 


Eppendir. 


Special Instructions. 
Regarding Applications for Church Membership. 


1. Loyal members of the Mother Church are 
eligible to approve candidates to unite with this 
Church, 


2. No persons are eligible to countersign ap- 
plications except loyal students of Mrs. Eddy, 
Directors, Executive Members, and students of 
the Board of Education who have been given 
a degree, and are members of the Mother 
Church. 


3. Those who approve applicants should have 
applications returned to them after being filled 
out by the applicants, as required by Article 
XXVI, Sect. 12, and should compare them 
with the forms here given, and see that names 
are legibly written, before sending them to the 
Clerk of the Church. If not correct, the appli- 
cant will be notified, and new applications will 

107 


108 APPENDIX 


be required, as none will be returned that are 
not correctly made out. This requirement is to 
prevent applications being duplicated and the 
confusion that might result therefrom. It is 
important that these seemingly strict conditions 
be complied with, as the names of the members 
of the Mother Church will be recorded in the his- 
tory of the Church and become a part thereof. 

4. All names, whether of applicants, signers, 
or countersigners, must be plainly written, and 
one, at least, of the given names of each, written 
in full. Initials only of first names will not be 
received. Women must sign Miss or Mrs. be- 
fore their names as the case may be. 

All names must be written the same in all 
places where they are required. 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS b ele) 


TO APPLICANTS. 


1. In filling out the application blank, one 
of the -Christian names must be written in full. 
Initials alone will not be received. 


2. If the applicant is a married woman she 
must sign her own Christian name, not her hus- 
band’s, and prefix her signature with “ Mrs;” 
unmarried women must sign “ Miss.” 


3. There are two regular forms of applica- 
tion. 1. For those who have studied Christian 
Science with an authorized teacher; 2. For those 
who have not studied Christian Science with a 
teacher. 

Applicants will find the chief points of these 
instructions illustrated in Form 1 and Form 2, 
on pages 112 and 116, 

4. Those whose teachers are deceased, absent, 
or disloyal, or those whose teachers refuse, with- 
out sufficient cause, to sign applications (see Art. 
VIII, Sect. 4), will be furnished special forms 
on application to the Clerk. 


210 APPENDIX 


5. When branch churches are designated by 
number, as First Church, Second Church, etc., 
the number must be written First, Second, as 
shown on page 116. ‘The article “the” either 
capitalized (The), or small (the), must not be 
used before titles of branch churches. See Ar- 
ticle XXVIII, Sect. 2. 


6. If the applicant is not a member of a 
branch church, he should fill out his applica- 
tion in this respect according to the form .on 
page 114. 


i} 


Application forms, 


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aan fi , . 
. Py . 
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. 
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College, or by one who has passed an examination by the 
Board of Education, fill this blank. 


If you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massachv- 
setts Metaphysical 


112 APPENDIX 


APPLICATION. 
i 


PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. ‘ 


FORM ! 

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass., is designed to be built on the rock of Christ — 
Truth and Life —and to reflect the Church Trium- 


phant. 

One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Sci- 
ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 
this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 


enter into full fellowship’ with the Tenets and Rules of 
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
is eligible to membership. 


To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass. 
William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 
I hereby make application-for- membership, and sub- 
scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
My teacher in Christian Science is 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION II3 


Ee eA O ING 


I. — (Continued.) 


PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
ARTICLE VIII, SECT. Z. 


FORM 1 , — (Continued.) 


I am not a member of any church. 
Yours in Truth and Love, 


J OGTR ee eae QT eNO MT O OT Bet We Pe Lee 


I cordially approve the applicant. 


To THE APPLICANT: 


Please fill out the 
following for the use 
of the Treasurer of 
the Church: 


Street and Number....18 Forest St.,..----.---- 


I14 APPENDIX 


APPLICATION. 


I. 


PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. 


FORM 1. 

The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass., is designed to be built on the rock of Christ — 
Truth and Life —and to reflect the Church Trium- 
phant. 


One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Sci- 
ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 
this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 
enter into full fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of 
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
is eligible to membership. 


To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass. 


College, or by one who has passed an examination by the 
Board of Education, fill this blank. 


William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 


I hereby make application for membership, and sub- 
scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
My teacher in Christian Science is 


setts Metaphysical 


Yf you have been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massachu- 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION II5 


APPLICATION. 
I. — (Continued) - 


PROPERLY SIGNED AND ENDORSED, ACCORDING TO 
ARTICLE VIII, SECT. 2. 


FORM | ,— (Continued) 


I am not a member of any church, -exeepting:.........--. 
Ghureh-of Christ, Seientist at. cece cececeececeeceeeeseeeeees 


Yours in Truth and Love, 
INCL, TARAS Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S. 
Street and Number 


an. 2nd, TQOL. 


I cordially approve this applicant. 


Mrs. Jennie W. Field, C.S.,.----+-» 
To THE APPLICANT: 


Please fill out the Street and Number 
following for the use” 


of the Treasurer of 
the Church: 


the Board of Education, fill this blank. 


If you have not been taught by a loyal student who has taken a degree at the Massa- 
chusetts Metaphysical College, or by one who has passed an examination by 


‘+ 


116 APPENDIX 


APPLICATION. 
De 


SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED, ACCORD- 
ING TO ARTICLE IX, SECT. 2. 1 


| FORM 2. 
| 


One who is not a member of any church, excepting 
a branch church of Christ, Scientist, who loves Christian 
Science, and reads understandingly the Bible, and Scr- 
ENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, 
| by Reverend Mary Baker G. Eddy, and other works by 

this author, and who is Christianly qualified and can 
| enter into full fellowship with the Tenets and Rules of 
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., 
is eligible to membership. 


To The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 
Mass. 
William B. Johnson, C.S.D., Clerk. 


I hereby make application for membership, and sub- 
| scribe to the Tenets and the By-Laws of the Church. 
I have not studied Christian Science with a teacher, 
and am not a member of any church excepting Second 
Church of Christ, Scientist, at Wew Vork, WV. Y. 

Yours in Truth and Love, 


INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION li7 


APPLICATION. 
Il. — (Continued.) 


SIGNED, ENDORSED, AND COUNTERSIGNED, ACCORD- 
ING TO ARTICLE [X, SECT. 2. 


FORM 2, — (Continued.) 


To THE APPLICANT: 


Blescecniloutihe Street and Number....-- 293 Emerson St. ..--.- 
| following for the use - 
of the Treasurer of 227 07 CitY -----------20------- New York....... 


the Church : Ly har aed ore ste, ee NES N. F. 


118 APPENDIX 


Present Order of Services in the 
Mother Church. 


Republished from the Sentinel 


SUNDAY SERVICES. 


nl 


Organ Voluntary. 


2. Hymn. 
3. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 
4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 


repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- 
ual interpretation. 


33.) Etymmn, 
6. Announcing necessary notices. 
7s Solo, 


8. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf 
of Quarterly. 


g. Announcing the subject of the Teen 
Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 

10. Reading the Scriptural selection, entitled 
“Responsive Reading,” alternately by the First 
Reader and the congregation. 


ORDER OF SERVICES I1I9 


11. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the 
Second Reader reads the BiBLe references of 
the first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader 
makes the following announcement: “As an- 
nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now 
read correlative passages from the Christian 
Science textbook, SciENcCE AND HEALTH WITH 
Key TO THE SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker G. 
Eddy.’’) 


12. Collection. 
xao El ymin. 


14. Reading “The scientific statement of 
being,” and the correlative ScRIPTURE accord- 
ing to 1 John, 3: 1-3. 


15. Pronouncing Benediction. 


The order of Sunday service is sometimes 
varied by the singing of a selection immedi- 
ately after the organ voluntary. 


On the first Sunday of each month, except on 
Communion Day, Article XX, Section 1, A Rule 
for Motives and Acts, is to be read. 


120 APPENDIX 


COMMUNION SERVICES. 


1. Organ Voluntary. 

2. Hymn. 

3. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 

4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 
repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spiritual 
‘interpretation. 

5. Hymn. 

6. Announcing ‘necessary notices. 

7. Reading Tenets of the Mother Church. 

8. Collection and Solo. 

g. Reading the explanatory note on first leaf 
of Quarterly. 

1o. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- 
Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 

11. Reading the Scriptural selection entitled 
“Responsive Reading” alternately by the First 
Reader and the congregation. 


12. Reading the Lesson-Sermon. (After the 
Second Reader reads the Brsie references of the 
first Section of the Lesson, the First Reader 
makes the following announcement: “As an- 


a 


ORDER OF SERVICES E2T 


nounced in the explanatory note, I shall now read 
correlative passages from the Christian Science 
textbook, ScIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEy TO 
THE SCRIPTURES, by Mary Baker G. Eddy.”) 


13. The First Reader briefly invites the con- 
gregation to kneel in silent Communion. This is 
concluded by the audible repetition of the Lord’s 
Prayer (spiritual interpretation omitted). 


14. Singing the Doxology: 


“Be Thou, O God, exalted high; 
And as Thy glory fills the sky, 
So let it be on earth displayed, 
Till Thou art here and now obeyed.” 

15. Reading “The scientific statement of 
being” and the correlative ScrIpTURE accord- 
ing to I John, 3: 1-3. 

16. Pronouncing Benediction, 


This is the order of service at the Mother 
Church. The branch churches shall adopt this 
form of service; and the members of this Church 
shall not assemble at the residence of the Pastor 
Emeritus at or about the time of its Annual 
Meeting and Communion season. The Church 
Tenets shall be read at the Communion service 
in the branch churches. ; 


122 APPENDIX 


Chanksgiving Day. 


Order of Service for the Mother Church and 
Branch Churches. 


1. Organ Voluntary. 
2. Hymn. 


3. Reading the Thanksgiving Proclama- 
tion of the President of the United States, or 
the Governor of the state, or both. 


4. Reading a Scriptural Selection. 


5. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible 
repetition of the Lord’s Prayer with its spirit- 
ual interpretation. 


6.. Hymn. 

7. Reading the Explanatory Note on the 
first leaf of the Quarterly. 

8. Announcing the subject of the Lesson- 
Sermon, and reading the Golden Text. 

g. Responsive Reading by the First Reader 
and the congregation. 


ORDER OF SERVICES 123 


10. Reading the Lesson-Sermon prepared 
by the Bible Lesson Committee. 


mer Solo, 


12. Testimonies by Christian Scientists, 

appropriate for the occasion. 
She? Ely ing. 

14. Reading the Scientific Statement of 
Being, and the correlative Scripture according 
te.7 John, 3:1, 2, 3. 

15. Pronouncing Benediction. 


16. Organ Voluntary. 


No collection is to be taken at this service. 


124 APPENDIX 


WEDNESDAY MEETINGS. 


1. Organ Prelude. 
2. Elymn, 


3. Reading from the Bree, and correlative 
passages from SCIENCE AND HEALTH wiTH Key 
TO THE SCRIPTURES. 


4. Silent Prayer, followed by the audible repe- 
tition of the Lord’s Prayer, its spiritual interpre- 
tation being omitted. 


5. Hymn. 
6. Announcing necessary notices. 


7. Experiences, testimonies, and remarks on 
Christian Science. 


8. Closing Hymn. 


DEED OF TRUST 125 


Deed of Crust. 


The following is a Copy of the Deed of Trust 
Conveying Land for Church Edtfice. 


KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, 


That I Mary Baker G. Eddy of Concord in 
the County of Merrimack and State of New 
Hampshire in consideration of one dollar to 
me paid by Ira O. Knapp of Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts, William B. Johnson of Boston, 
Massachusetts, Joseph S. Eastaman of Chel- 
sea, Massachusetts, and Stephen A. Chase of 
Fall River, Massachusetts, the receipt whereof 
is hereby acknowledged, and, also in consider- 
ation of the trusts and uses hereinafter men- 
tioned and established, do hereby give, bargain, 
sell, and convey to the said Ira O. Knapp, Wil- 
liam B. Johnson, Joseph S. Eastaman, and 
Stephen A. Chase as trustees as hereinafter 
provided and to their legitimate successors in 


126 APPENDIX 


office forever, a certain parcel of land situate 
on Falmouth street in said Boston, bounded and 
described as follows: Beginning at the junction 
of Falmouth street, and a forty-foot street now 
called Caledonia street; thence running South- 
west on said Falmouth street one hundred and 
sixteen and eighty-eight hundredths feet; thence 
Northwest at a right angle to a point where a 
line drawn at right angles to said forty-foot 
street at a point thereon one hundred and six- 
teen and fifty-five hundredths feet Northwest 
from the point of beginning meets the said 
boundary at right angles to Falmouth street, 
sixty-six and seventy-eight hundredths feet; 
thence at an obtuse angle on said line at right 
angles to said forty-foot street sixty-seven and 
thirty-five hundredths feet to said forty-foot 
street; thence Southeasterly on said forty-foot 
street one hundred and sixteen and fifty-five 
hundredths feet to the point of beginning; 
containing seven thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-eight square feet more or less, and sub- 
ject to the agreements and restrictions men- 
tioned in a deed recorded in Suffolk Registry 
of Deeds Lib. 1719, Fol. 83 so far as the same 
are now legally operative. 


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DEED OF TRUST 12 


This deed of conveyance is made upon the 
following express trusts and conditions which 
the said grantees by accepting this deed agree 
and covenant for themselves and their succes- 
sors in office to fully perform and fulfil. 


1. Said grantees shall be known as the “ Chris- 
tian Science Board of Directors,” and shall con- 
stitute a perpetual body or corporation under and 
in accordance with section one, Chapter 39 of the 
Public Statutes of Massachusetts... Whenever a 
vacancy occurs in said Board the remaining mem- 
bers shall within thirty days fill the same by elec- 
tion; but no one shall be eligible to that office 
who is not in the opinion of the remaining mem- 
bers of the Board a firm and consistent believer 
in the doctrines of Christian Science as taught in 
a book entitled “Science AND HEALTH,” by Mary 
Baker G. Eddy beginning with the seventy-first 
edition thereof. 


T The deacons, church wardens, or other similar officers of churches 
or other religious societies, and the trustees of the Methodist Episco- 
pal churches appointed according to the discipline and usages thereof, 
shall, if citizens of this commonwealth, be deemed bodies corporate for 

curpose of taking and holding in succession all the grants and 
whether of real or personal estate, made either to them and 
sors, or to their respective churches, or to the poor of the 


128 APPENDIX 


2. Said Board shall within five years from the 
date hereof build or cause to be built upon said 
lot of land a suitable and convenient church edi- 
fice, the cost of which shall not be less than fifty 
thousand dollars. 


3. When said church building is completed 
said Board shall elect a pastor, reader or speaker 
to fill the pulpit who shall be a genuine Christian 
Scientist; they shall maintain public worship in 
accordance with the doctrines of Christian Sci- 
ence in said church, and for this purpose they 
are fully empowered to make any and all neces- 
sary rules and regulations. 


4. Said Board of Directors shall not suffer 
or allow any building to be erected upon said 
lot except a church building or edifice, nor shall 
they allow said church building or any part 
thereof to be used for any other purpose than 
for the ordinary and usual uses of a church.’ 


5. Said Board of Directors shall not allow or 
permit in said church building any preaching or 
other religious services which shall not be con- 
sonant and in strict harmony with the doctrines 
and practice of Christian Science as taugk’ 
explained by Mary Baker G. Eddy in the s 


DEED OF TRUST 129 


first edition of her book entitled “ SclIENCE AND 
HEALTH,” which is soon to be issued, and in any 
subsequent edition thereof. 


6. The congregation: which shall worship in 
said church shall be styled “ The First Church 
of Christ, Scientist.” 


7. Said Directors shall not sell or mortgage 
the land hereby conveyed; but they shall see 
that all taxes and legal assessments on said 
property are promptly paid. 

8. Said church building shall not be removed 
from said lot except for the purpose of rebuild- 
ing thereon a more expensive or a more conven- 
ient structure in which said doctrines of Christian 
Science only shall be preached and practised. If 
said church building is removed for either of 
the purposes above set forth, any and all tablets 
and inscriptions which are or shall be upon said 
church building at the time of removal shall be 
removed therefrom and placed upon the walls 
of the new edifice. If said building is burned, 
the Directors shall forthwith proceed to rebuild 
the church. 

9. Said Bireciors shall maintain acme 
preaching, reading or speaking in said church 

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130 APPENDIX 

pi eee 
on each Sabbath, and an omission to have and 
maintain such preaching, reading or speaking 
for one year in succession shall be deemed a 
breach of this condition. 


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10. Whenever said Directors shall determine 
that it is inexpedient to maintain preaching, 
reading or speaking in said church in accord- 
ance with the terms of this deed, they are 
authorized and required to reconvey forthwith 
said lot of land with the building thereon to 
Mary Baker G. Eddy, her heirs and assigns 
forever by a proper deed of conveyance. 


11. The omission or neglect on the part of 
said Directors to strictly comply with any of 
the conditions herein contained shall constitute 
a breach thereof, and the title hereby conveyed 
shall revert to the grantor Mary Baker G. Eddy, 
her heirs and assigns forever, upon her entry 
upon said land and taking possession thereof 
for such breach. 

To Have and to Hold the above granted 
premises with all the privileges and appurte- 
nances thereon belonging to said grantees and 
their successors in office to the uses and trusts 
above described forever. 


DEED OF TRUST I31 


And the said grantor for herself and her heirs, 
executors and administrators covenants with the 
said grantees and their successors in office that 
she is lawfully seized in fee simple of the afore- 
said premises, that they are free from all incum- 
brances not herein mentioned or referred to, that 
she has good right to sell and convey the same 
to the said grantees and their successors in office 
as aforesaid, and that she will and her heirs, 
executors, and administrators shall, warrant and 
defend the same to the said grantees and their 
successors in office forever against the lawful 
claims and demands of all persons. 

In witness whereof I the said Mary Baker G. 
Eddy have hereto set my hand and seal this 1st 
day of September, 1892. 

MARY BAKER G. EDDY 


Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of 


LauRA E. SARGENT. 


R. E. WALKER. 
September Ist, 1892. 


STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Se 
MERRIMACK. i 


Then personally appeared the above named 
Mary Baker G. Eddy and acknowledged the 


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DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES 133 


Deed Conveying Land for 
Church Purposes. 


METCALF ¢o KNAPP ef al Trs. 
Libro 2886, Fol. 521. 


Know ALL MEN, 


That I, Albert Metcalf, the grantor in a cer- 
tain deed given to Ira O. Knapp and others 
dated October 23, 1896, and recorded with Suf- 
folk Deeds, Book 2591, page 398, do hereby de- 
clare that the land conveyed by said deed was 
conveyed to the grantees therein, as they are the 
Christian Science Board of Directors, upon the 
trusts, but not subject to the conditions men- 
tioned in the deed creating said Board given by 
Mary Baker G. Eddy to Ira O. Knapp and 
others, dated September Ist, 1892, and recorded 
with Suffolk Deeds, Book 2081, page 257. In 
addition to the trusts contained in said deed of 
September 1, 1892, from Mary Baker G, Eddy, 


134 APPENDIX 
this property is conveyed on the further trusts 
that no new Tenet or By-Law shall be adopted, 
nor any Tenet or By-Law amended or annulled 
by the grantees unless the written consent of said 
Mary Baker G. Eddy, the author of the textbook 
“SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEy TO THE SCRIP- 
TURES,” be given therefor, or unless at the writ- 
ten request of Mrs. Eddy the Executive Members 
of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, (for- 
merly called the ‘“ First Members,”) by a two- 
thirds vote of all their number, decide so to do. 
And that the same inscription which is on the 
outside of the present church edifice shall be 
placed on any new church erected on said lot. 
And in consideration of one dollar to me paid 
by said Ira O. Knapp, William B. Johnson, 
Joseph Armstrong and Stephen A. Chase, the 
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I do 
hereby confirm the deed as above mentioned, and 
do grant and release unto them, their heirs, suc- 
cessors and assigns in trust as aforesaid, the 
premises therein described. 

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal this nineteenth day of March, A.D. 
nineteen hundred and three. 


ALBERT METCALF. [Seal] 


DEED CONVEYING LAND FOR CHURCH PURPOSES 135 


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
SUFFOLK 


Then said Albert Metcalf acknowledged the 
foregoing instrument to be his free act and 
deed. 

Before me 


} ss. MARCH 2oth, 1903. 


Matco“tm McLovup. 
Fustice of the Peace. 


MARCH 20, 1903, at twelve o’clock and sixteen minutes P. M. 
Received, Entered and Examined. 


Attest: THos. F. TEMPLE, Reg. 


A true copy from the REcoRDs oF DEEDs for the CouNTY 
OF SUFFOLK, Lib. 2886, Fol. 521. 


Attest: CHas. W. KIMBALL, Asst. Reg. 


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